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We have studied the feasibility of a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) to detect liquid xenon (LXe) scintillation light. The SiPM was operated inside a small volume of pure LXe, at -95 degree Celsius, irradiated with an internal Am-241 alpha…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-11-11 E. Aprile , P. Cushman , K. Ni , P. Shagin

This paper reports on the behaviour of Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) detectors under continuous light. Usually, the bias circuit of a SiPM has a resistor connected in series to it, which protects the sensor from drawing too high current.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-01-29 A. Nagai , C. Alispach , D. della Volpe , M. Heller , T. Montaruli , S. Njoh , Y. Reniera , I. Troyano-Pujadas

Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) are single photon detectors that gained increasing interest in many applications as an alternative to photomultiplier tubes. In particular in the field of space experiments, where volume, weight and power…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-05-14 Stefano Merzi , Fabio Acerbi , C. Aicardi , D. Fiore , V. Goiffon , Alberto Gola , O. Marcelot , A. Materne , O. Saint-Pe

Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) are state-of-the-art photon detectors used in particle physics, medical imaging, and beyond. They are sensitive to individual photons in the optical wavelength regime and achieve time resolutions of a few…

Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are potential solid-state alternatives to traditional photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) for single-photon detection. In this paper, we report on evaluating SensL MicroFC-10035-SMT SiPMs for their suitability as…

This report shows the design and the performance of a large area Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) module developed detection of fluorescent light emitted from a 10 cm scale volume. The module was optimized for the planned ACME III electron…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-11-09 A. Hiramoto , T. Masuda , D. G. Ang , C. Meisenhelder , C. Panda , N. Sasao , S. Uetake , X. Wu , D. Demille , J. M. Doyle , G. Gabrielse , K. Yoshimura

Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) have a few advantages over conventional photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) used in imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. The first notable characteristic is their higher photon detection efficiency (PDE) of up…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-19 Akira Okumura , Junya Haga , Chiaki Inoue , Keiji Nishimoto , Kazuhiro Furuta , Hiroyasu Tajima

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

Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPM) represent a promising alternative to classical photomultipliers, for instance, for the detection of photons in high energy physics and medical physics. In the present work, electrical characterizations of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-08-23 M. J. Boschini , C. Consolandi , P. G. Fallica , M. Gervasi , D. Grandi , M. Mazzillo , S. Pensotti , P. G. Rancoita , D. Sanfilippo , M. Tacconi , G. Valvo

We report on the performance of silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) light sensors operating in electric field strength up to 30 kV/cm and at a temperature of 149K, relative to their performance in the absence of an external electric field. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-10-17 X. L. Sun , T. Tolba , G. F. Cao , P. Lv , L. J. Wen , A. Odian , F. Vachon , A. Alamre , J. B. Albert , G. Anton , I. J. Arnquist , I. Badhrees , P. S. Barbeau , D. Beck , V. Belov , T. Bhatta , F. Bourque , J. P. Brodsky , E. Brown , T. Brunner , A. Burenkov , L. Cao , W. R. Cen , C. Chambers , S. A. Charlebois , M. Chiu , B. Cleveland , M. Coon , M. Côté , A. Craycraft , W. Cree , J. Dalmasson , T. Daniels , L. Darroch , S. J. Daugherty , J. Daughhetee , S. Delaquis , A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian , R. DeVoe , J. Dilling , Y. Y. Ding , M. J. Dolinski , A. Dragone , J. Echevers , L. Fabris , D. Fairbank , W. Fairbank , J. Farine , S. Feyzbakhsh , P. Fierlinger , R. Fontaine , D. Fudenberg , G. Gallina , G. Giacomini , R. Gornea , G. Gratta , E. V. Hansen , D. Harris , M. Heffner , E. W. Hoppe , J. Hößl , A. House , P. Hufschmidt , M. Hughes , Y. Ito , A. Iverson , A. Jamil , C. Jessiman , M. J. Jewell , X. S. Jiang , A. Karelin , L. J. Kaufman , D. Kodroff , T. Koffas , S. Kravitz , R. Krücken , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , Y. Lan , A. Larson , D. S. Leonard , G. Li , S. Li , Z. Li , C. Licciardi , Y. H. Lin , R. MacLellan , T. Michel , M. Moe , B. Mong , D. C. Moore , K. Murray , R. J. Newby , Z. Ning , O. Njoya , F. Nolet , O. Nusair , K. Odgers , M. Oriunno , J. L. Orrell , G. S. Ortega , I. Ostrovskiy , C. T. Overman , S. Parent , A. Piepke , A. Pocar , J. -F. Pratte , D. Qiu , V. Radeka , E. Raguzin , T. Rao , S. Rescia , F. Retière , A. Robinson , T. Rossignol , P. C. Rowson , N. Roy , R. Saldanha , S. Sangiorgio , S. Schmidt , J. Schneider , D. Sinclair , K. Skarpaas VIII , A. K. Soma , G. St-Hilaire , V. Stekhanov , T. Stiegler , M. Tarka , J. Todd , T. I. Totev , R. Tsang , T. Tsang , B. Veenstra , V. Veeraraghavan , G. Visser , J. -L. Vuilleumier , M. Wagenpfeil , Q. Wang , J. Watkins , M. Weber , W. Wei , U. Wichoski , G. Wrede , S. X. Wu , W. H. Wu , Q. Xia , L. Yang , Y. -R. Yen , O. Zeldovich , J. Zhao , Y. Zhou , T. Ziegler

In this paper I want to review the current status of development of multi-pixel silicon-based avalanche photo-diodes operated in Geiger mode, also known as Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPM). Particular emphasis is given to the application of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-30 Erika Garutti

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

There is growing interest in high-energy astrophysics community for the development of sensitive instruments in the hard X-ray energy extending to few hundred keV. This requires position sensitive detector modules with high efficiency in…

A novel modular high-resolution charged-particle tracking detector design using $250\mu m$ diameter, round, scintillating fibers and SiPM arrays for readout is presented. The fiber modules consist of 8 layers of 128 fibers, mechanically sta…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 Henning Gast , Thomas Kirn , Gregorio Roper Yearwood , Stefan Schael

A silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) array has been developed at FBK-irst having 32 channels and a dimension of 8.0 x 1.1 mm^2. Each 250 um wide channel is subdivided into 5 x 22 rectangularly arranged pixels. These sensors are developed to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-03-04 R. Greim , H. Gast , T. Kirn , J. Olzem , G. Roper Yearwood , S. Schael , N. Zimmermann , G. Ambrosi , P. Azzarello , R. Battiston , C. Piemonte

Silicon PhotoMultipliers (SiPM) are an excellent choice for the scintillator light readout at hadron calorimeters due to their insensitivity to magnetic fields, low operating voltages, low cost, compactness and mechanical endurance. They…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-01-29 V. Mikhaylov , F. Guber , A. Ivashkin , A. Kugler , V. Kushpil , S. Morozov , O. Svoboda , P. Tlusty

A tracking detector based on two meters long scintillating fibers read out by silicon photomultipliers (SiPM) is being developed for the Kaos spectrometer at the Mainz Microtron MAMI. Results from a prototype setup using 2 mm square fibers…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-06-22 P. Achenbach , J. Pochodzalla , S. Sánchez Majos

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…

The motivation of the current R&D project is based upon the requirements of the JEDI international collaboration aiming to measure Electric Dipole Moments (EDMs) of charged particles in storage rings. One of the most important elements of…

Silicon-based photosensors (SiPMs) working in the Geiger-mode represent an elegant solution for the readout of particle detectors working at low-light levels like Cherenkov detectors. Especially the insensitivity to magnetic fields makes…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-09-01 Gamal Ahmed , Paul Buehler , Michael Cargnelli , Roland Hohler , Johann Marton , Herbert Orth , Ken Suzuki