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Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) are the state-of-the-art technology in single-photon detection with solid-state detectors. Single Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPADs), the key element of SiPMs, can now be manufactured in CMOS processes,…

The ability of the future low frequency component of the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope (SKA-Low) to produce tomographic images of the redshifted 21-cm signal will enable direct studies of the evolution of the sizes and shapes of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-06 Sambit K. Giri , Garrelt Mellema , Raghunath Ghara

Within the ATTRACT FASTPIX project, a monolithic pixel sensor demonstrator chip has been developed in a modified 180 nm CMOS imaging process technology, targeting sub-nanosecond timing precision for single ionising particles. It features a…

In recent years, the performance of Scientifc Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (sCMOS) sensors has been improved signifcantly. Compared with CCD sensors, sCMOS sensors have various advantages, making them potentially better devices…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-05 Qinyu Wu , Zhenqing Jia , Wenxin Wang , Zhixing Ling , Chen Zhang , Shuangnan Zhang , Weimin Yuan

This publication focuses on the study of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) in view of a reconstruction of the incident photon flux in the regime of highly non-linear response. SiPMs are semiconductor based light detectors compiled of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-10-29 T. Bretz , T. Hebbeker , J. Kemp

This is part of a document, which is devoted to the developments of pixel detectors in the context of the International Linear Collider. From the early developments of the MIMOSAs to the proposed DotPix I recall some of the major…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-03-24 Nicolas Fourches , University Paris-Saclay

The application of silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) technology for weak-light detection at a single photon level has expanded thanks to its better photon detection efficiency in comparison to a conventional photomultiplier tube (PMT). SiPMs…

The timing performance of silicon sensors bump-bonded to Timepix3 ASICs is investigated, prior to and after different types of irradiation up to $8 \times 10^{15} 1 \mathrm{\,Me\kern -0.1em V} \mathrm{ \,n_{eq}} {\mathrm{ \,cm}}^{-2}$. The…

The Silicon Electron Multiplier (SiEM) is a novel sensor concept for minimum ionizing particle (MIP) detection which uses internal gain and fine pitch to achieve excellent temporal and spatial resolution. In contrast to sensors where the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-09-16 Marius Mæhlum Halvorsen , Victor Coco , Evangelos Leonidas Gkougkousis , Paula Collins , Olivier Girard

AstroPix is a high-voltage CMOS (HV-CMOS) monolithic active pixel sensor originally developed to enable precision gamma-ray imaging and spectroscopy in the medium-energy regime (approximately 100 keV-100 MeV) based on the groundwork laid by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-10 Bobae Kim , Regina Caputo , Manoj Jadhav , Sylvester Joosten , Adrien Laviron , Richard Leys , Jessica Metcalfe , Nicolas Striebig , Daniel Violette , Maria Żurek

A double-layer silicon detector consisting of two 500micron-thick silicon PIN photodiodes with independent readouts was mounted in a vacuum chamber and tested with X-ray sources. The detector is sensitive from 1-30 keV with an effective…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Hua Feng , Philip Kaaret , Hans Andersson

The proposed Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC) imposes new challenges for the vertex detector in terms of pixel size and material budget. A Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor (MAPS) prototype called TaichuPix, based on a column drain…

Structured illumination microscopy (SIM) reconstructs a super-resolved image from multiple raw images captured with different illumination patterns; hence, acquisition speed is limited, making it unsuitable for dynamic scenes. We propose a…

Optics · Physics 2025-06-17 Ruiming Cao , Fanglin Linda Liu , Li-Hao Yeh , Laura Waller

High-spatial-resolution secondary ion mass spectrometry offers a method for mapping lithium at nanoscale lateral resolution. Practical implementation of this technique offers significant potential for revealing the distribution of Li in…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-03-01 Xu Xu , Chengge Jiao , Kexue Li , Min Hao , Katie. L. Moore , Timothy. L. Burnett , Xiaorong Zhou

We report the experimental realization of a quantum silicon carbide microscope (QSiCM) and demonstrate its functionality by imaging magnetic fields generated by electrical currents. We employ a dual-frequency sensing protocol to enhance the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-19 A. Suhana , T. A. U. Svetikova , C. Schneider , M. Helm , A. N. Anisimov , G. V. Astakhov

We are developing superconducting Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors to operate at near infrared and optical wavelengths for astronomy. In order to efficiently meet with the requirements of astronomical applications, we propose to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-30 S. Beldi , F. Boussaha , C. Chaumont , S. Mignot , F. Reix , A. Tartari , T. Vacelet , A. Traini , M. Piat , P. Bonifacio

The SAMpler for PICosecond time (SAMPIC) chip has been designed by a collaboration including CEA/IRFU/SEDI, Saclay and CNRS/LAL/SERDI, Orsay. It benefits from both the quick response of a time to digital converter and the versatility of a…

This article presents a detector system consisting of three components, a CMOS imaging array, a gaseous-detector structure with a Micromegas layout and a UV-photon sensitive CsI reflective photocathode. All three elements have been…

We introduce a conceptual framework for a lensless imaging system which employs an active metasurface as a high-frequency, continuously tunable amplitude and phase modulation aperture, coupled to a discrete single-pixel detector. Using an…

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