Digitized Waveform Signal Processing for Fast Timing: An Application to SiPM Timing in the Presence of Dark Count Noise

In this paper we illustrate techniques for digitized waveform signal processing of fast timing detectors. In the example discussed here, timing analysis of SiPM signals in the presence of high Dark Count Rates, a large data set of digitized waveforms is used to develop an optimal strategy relevant to the electronics front end design.