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Number-resolving single photon detectors are essential for the implementation of numerous innovative quantum information schemes. While several number-discriminating techniques have been previously presented, the Silicon Photo-Multiplier…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 L. Dovrat , M. Bakstein , D. Istrati , H. S. Eisenberg

The performance of the $200\times2.5\times1$ cm$^3$ plastic scintillator strip with wavelength shifting fiber read-out by two novel photodetectors called Silicon PhotoMultipliers (SiPMs) is discussed. The advantages of SiPM relative to the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-11-11 V. Balagura , M. Danilov , B. Dolgoshein , S. Klemin , R. Mizuk , P. Pakhlov , E. Popova , V. Rusinov , E. Tarkovsky , I. Tikhomirov

Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) are considered as a solid-state sensor alternative to photomultiplier tubes in experiments using liquid xenon (LXe) as a radiation detection medium. The main requirements are single-photon detection of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-11-14 Laura Baudis , Michelle Galloway , Alexander Kish , Chris Marentini , Julien Wulf

The use of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) in imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes is expected to extend the observation times of very-high-energy gamma-ray sources, particularly within the highest energy domain of 50-300 TeV, where…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-19 Akira Okumura , Kawori Wakazono , Kazuhiro Furuta , Hiroyasu Tajima

Muon scattering tomography is a non-destructive technique used to image different materials by utilizing natural cosmic ray muons. Typically it requires position-sensitive detectors with a sub-millimeter resolution to effectively…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-02-19 Binghao Sun , Huiling Li , Quanyin Li , Hui Liang , Cong Liu , Hongbo Wang , Zibing Wu , Suyu Xiao , Weiwei Xu

The detection of individual photons at cryogenic temperatures is of interest to many experiments searching for physics beyond the Standard Model. Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are often deployed in liquid argon or liquid xenon to detect…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-05-22 S. Borden , J. A. Detwiler , W. Pettus , N. W. Ruof

Silicon photomultiplier (SiPM), as the core photoelectric sensor for coherent neutrino detection in low-temperature pure CsI, its working performance directly determines the measurement accuracy of the scintillator light yield. Our previous…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-10-29 Tao Liu , Xilei Sun , Fengjiao Luo , Jingbo Ye , Bo Zheng , Cong Guo , Zhilong Hou , Rongbin Zhou , Aiqin Gao , Lei Cao , Bo Zhang , Sijia Han

The matrices formed of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are very promising photosensors for the scintillation detectors. The use of SiPM matrices with appropriate optical collector gives, in principle, a possibility to do a snapshot of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-12 I. M. Dzaparova , A. M. Gangapshev , Yu. M. Gavrilyuk , V. B. Petkov , A. V. Sergeev , V. I. Volchenko , S. P. Yakimenko , A. F. Yanin

The paper reviews recent progress in particle identification methods. A survey of motivations and requirements for particle identification in various experimental environments is followed by the main emphasis, which is on the recent…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 Peter Krizan

Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) have become the baseline choice for cameras of the small-sized telescopes (SSTs) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). On the other hand, SiPMs are relatively new to the field and covering large surfaces…

The use of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) alongside conventional photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) is a remarkable technological development in modern ground-based very high energy gamma-ray astronomy. SiPMs exhibit comparable or even higher…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-24 Razmik Mirzoyan , Alexander Hahn , David Fink , Antonios Dettlaff , Daniel Mazin , David Paneque , Olaf Reimann , Thomas Schweizer , Derek Strom , Masahiro Teshima , Yazhou Zhao

We demonstrate fast counting and multiphoton detection abilities of a Silicon Photo Multiplier (SiPM). In fast counting mode we are able to detect two consecutive photons separated by only 2.3 ns corresponding to 430 MHz. The counting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. Eraerds , M. Legre , A. Rochas , H. Zbinden , N. Gisin

Silicon photomultipliers (SiPM) are the photon detectors chosen for the tracking readout in NEXT, a neutrinoless {\beta}{\beta} decay experiment which uses a high pressure gaseous xenon time projection chamber (TPC). The reconstruction of…

Conventional silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are well established as light detectors with single-photon-detection capability and used throughout high energy physics, medical, and commercial applications. The possibility to produce single…

We advocate support of research aimed at developing alternatives to the photomultiplier tube for photon detection in large astroparticle experiments such as gamma-ray and neutrino astronomy, and direct dark matter detectors. Specifically,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-04-24 Robert G. Wagner , Karen L. Byrum , Mayly Sanchez , Alexandre V. Vaniachine , Oswald Siegmund , Nepomuk A. Otte , Erik Ramberg , Jeter Hall , James Buckley

Silicon photomultipliers are very versatile photo detectors due to their high photon detection efficiency, fast response, single photon counting capability, high amplification, and their insensitivity to magnetic fields. At our institute we…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-05-18 G. S. M. Ahmed , P. Bühler , J. Marton , K. Suzuki

Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) are attractive candidates for light detectors for next generation liquid xenon double-beta decay experiments, like nEXO. In this paper we discuss the requirements that the SiPMs must satisfy in order to be…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-08-25 I. Ostrovskiy , F. Retiere , D. Auty , J. Dalmasson , T. Didberidze , R. DeVoe , G. Gratta , L. Huth , L. James , L. Lupin-Jimenez , N. Ohmert , A. Piepke

Silicon Photo-Multipliers (SiPM) are becoming the photo-detector of choice for increasingly more particle detection applications, from fundamental physics to medical and societal applications. One major consideration for their use at…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-12-26 M. Centis Vignali , E. Garutti , R. Klanner , D. Lomidze , J. Schwandt

In this article we describe the photon detection readout electronics for the nEDM@SNS experiment. The chosen "photon counting" architecture, which utilizes high-efficiency silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) and is appropriate for low-light…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-09-28 V. Cianciolo , Yu. V. Efremenko , L. Fabris , S. K. Imam , S. I. Penttila J. C. Ramsey , R. Santos Estrada

This work illustrates and compares some methods to measure the most relevant parameters of silicon photo-multipliers (\sipm{}s), such as photon detection efficiency as a function of over-voltage and wavelength, dark count rate, optical…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-01-10 A. Nagai , C. Alispach , A. Barbano , V. Coco , D. della Volpe , M. Heller , T. Montaruli , S. Njoh , Y. Renier , I. Troyano-Pujadas