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A next-generation optical sensor for IceCube-Gen2

For the in-ice component of the next generation neutrino observatory at the South Pole, IceCube-Gen2, a new sensor module is being developed, which is an evolution of the D-Egg and mDOM sensors developed for the IceCube Upgrade. The sensor…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-16 Vedant Basu , Aya Ishihara , Markus Dittmer , Nobuhiro Shimizu

Design and performance of the multi-PMT optical module for IceCube Upgrade

The IceCube Upgrade is the first step towards the next-generation neutrino observatory at the South Pole, IceCube-Gen2, and will be installed in the central region of the existing array. The Upgrade will consist of 693 newly developed,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-27 T. Anderson , L. Classen , A. T. Fienberg , S. Mechbal , J. Schneider , K. -H. Sulanke , M. A. Unland Elorrieta , C. Wendt

Status and performance of mass-produced IceCube Upgrade mDOMs

IceCube Upgrade, starting in the Antarctic summer season 2025/2026, will enhance the sensitivity of the current IceCube in the GeV range and improve understanding of the ice properties. Around 700 new modules will be deployed deep in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-11 Satoshi Fukami

Performance of the D-Egg Optical Sensor for the IceCube Upgrade

New optical sensors called the "D-Egg" have been developed for cost-effective instrumentation for the IceCube Upgrade. With two 8-inch high quantum efficient photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), they offer increased effective photocathode area…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-08-23 Colton Hill , Maximillian Meier , Ryo Nagai , Ken'ichi Kin , Nobuhiro Shimizu , Aya Ishihara , Shigeru Yoshida , Tyler Anderson , Jim Braun , Aaron Fienberg , Jeff Weber

Calibration LEDs in the IceCube Upgrade D-Egg Modules

The IceCube Upgrade, planned for deployment in the 2022/2023 South Pole Summer, will involve deployment of a greater density of optical modules (vertically spaced ~3 m). Improvements in the calibration of optical sensors and an enhanced…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-30 Aya Ishihara , Ayumi Kiriki

Performance Study of the IceCube Upgrade Camera System

The IceCube Upgrade Camera System is a novel calibration system designed to calibrate the IceCube detector by measuring the optical properties of the Antarctic ice. The system comprises nearly 2,000 cameras and illumination LEDs, which are…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-25 Carsten Rott , Minje Park , Matti Jansson , Garrett Iverson , Seowon Choi

D-Egg: a Dual PMT Optical Module for IceCube

The D-Egg, an acronym for ``Dual optical sensors in an Ellipsoid Glass for Gen2,'' is one of the optical modules designed for future extensions of the IceCube experiment at the South Pole. The D-Egg has an elongated-sphere shape to maximize…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-26 R. Abbasi , M. Ackermann , J. Adams , N. Aggarwal , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , J. M. Alameddine , A. A. Alves , N. M. Amin , K. Andeen , T. Anderson , G. Anton , C. Argüelles , Y. Ashida , S. Athanasiadou , S. N. Axani , X. Bai , A. Balagopal V. , M. Baricevic , S. W. Barwick , V. Basu , R. Bay , J. J. Beatty , K. -H. Becker , J. Becker Tjus , J. Beise , C. Bellenghi , S. BenZvi , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , D. Z. Besson , G. Binder , D. Bindig , E. Blaufuss , S. Blot , F. Bontempo , J. Y. Book , J. Borowka , C. Boscolo Meneguolo , S. Böser , O. Botner , J. Böttcher , E. Bourbeau , J. Braun , B. Brinson , J. Brostean-Kaiser , R. T. Burley , R. S. Busse , M. A. Campana , K. Carloni , E. G. Carnie-Bronca , C. Chen , Z. Chen , D. Chirkin , S. Choi , B. A. Clark , L. Classen , A. Coleman , G. H. Collin , A. Connolly , J. M. Conrad , P. Coppin , P. Correa , S. Countryman , D. F. Cowen , C. Dappen , P. Dave , C. De Clercq , J. J. DeLaunay , D. Delgado López , H. Dembinski , K. Deoskar , A. Desai , P. Desiati , K. D. de Vries , G. de Wasseige , T. DeYoung , A. Diaz , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , M. Dittmer , A. Domi , H. Dujmovic , M. A. DuVernois , T. Ehrhardt , P. Eller , R. Engel , H. Erpenbeck , J. Evans , P. A. Evenson , K. L. Fan , A. R. Fazely , A. Fedynitch , N. Feigl , S. Fiedlschuster , A. T. Fienberg , C. Finley , L. Fischer , D. Fox , A. Franckowiak , E. Friedman , A. Fritz , P. Fürst , T. K. Gaisser , J. Gallagher , E. Ganster , A. Garcia , S. Garrappa , L. Gerhardt , A. Ghadimi , C. Glaser , T. Glauch , T. Glüsenkamp , N. Goehlke , J. G. Gonzalez , S. Goswami , D. Grant , S. J. Gray , T. Grégoire , S. Griffin , S. Griswold , C. Günther , P. Gutjahr , C. Haack , A. Hallgren , R. Halliday , L. Halve , F. Halzen , H. Hamdaoui , M. Ha Minh , K. Hanson , J. Hardin , A. A. Harnisch , P. Hatch , A. Haungs , K. Helbing , J. Hellrung , F. Henningsen , L. Heuermann , S. Hickford , A. Hidvegi , C. Hill , G. C. Hill , K. D. Hoffman , K. Hoshina , W. Hou , T. Huber , K. Hultqvist , M. Hünnefeld , R. Hussain , K. Hymon , S. In , N. Iovine , A. Ishihara , M. Jansson , G. S. Japaridze , M. Jeong , M. Jin , B. J. P. Jones , D. Kang , W. Kang , X. Kang , A. Kappes , D. Kappesser , L. Kardum , T. Karg , M. Karl , A. Karle , U. Katz , M. Kauer , J. L. Kelley , A. Kheirandish , K. Kin , J. Kiryluk , S. R. Klein , A. Kochocki , R. Koirala , H. Kolanoski , T. Kontrimas , L. Köpke , C. Kopper , D. J. Koskinen , P. Koundal , M. Kovacevich , M. Kowalski , T. Kozynets , K. Kruiswijk , E. Krupczak , A. Kumar , E. Kun , N. Kurahashi , N. Lad , C. Lagunas Gualda , M. Lamoureux , M. J. Larson , F. Lauber , J. P. Lazar , J. W. Lee , K. Leonard DeHolton , A. Leszczyńska , M. Lincetto , Q. R. Liu , M. Liubarska , E. Lohfink , C. Love , C. J. Lozano Mariscal , L. Lu , F. Lucarelli , A. Ludwig , W. Luszczak , Y. Lyu , W. Y. Ma , J. Madsen , K. B. M. Mahn , Y. Makino , S. Mancina , W. Marie Sainte , I. C. Mariş , S. Marka , Z. Marka , M. Marsee , I. Martinez-Soler , R. Maruyama , F. Mayhew , T. McElroy , F. McNally , J. V. Mead , K. Meagher , S. Mechbal , A. Medina , M. Meier , S. Meighen-Berger , Y. Merckx , L. Merten , T. Meures , J. Micallef , D. Mockler , T. Montaruli , R. W. Moore , Y. Morii , R. Morse , M. Moulai , T. Mukherjee , R. Naab , R. Nagai , U. Naumann , J. Necker , M. Neumann , H. Niederhausen , M. U. Nisa , A. Noell , S. C. Nowicki , A. Obertacke Pollmann , M. Oehler , B. Oeyen , A. Olivas , R. Orsoe , J. Osborn , E. O'Sullivan , H. Pandya , D. V. Pankova , N. Park , G. K. Parker , E. N. Paudel , L. Paul , C. Pérez de los Heros , J. Peterson , S. Philippen , S. Pieper , A. Pizzuto , M. Plum , Y. Popovych , M. Prado Rodriguez , B. Pries , R. Procter-Murphy , G. T. Przybylski , C. Raab , J. Rack-Helleis , K. Rawlins , Z. Rechav , A. Rehman , P. Reichherzer , G. Renzi , E. Resconi , S. Reusch , W. Rhode , M. Richman , B. Riedel , E. J. Roberts , S. Robertson , S. Rodan , G. Roellinghoff , M. Rongen , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , L. Ruohan , D. Ryckbosch , S. Athanasiadou , I. Safa , J. Saffer , D. Salazar-Gallegos , P. Sampathkumar , S. E. Sanchez Herrera , A. Sandrock , P. Sandstrom , M. Santander , S. Sarkar , S. Sarkar , J. Savelberg , P. Savina , M. Schaufel , H. Schieler , S. Schindler , B. Schlüter , T. Schmidt , J. Schneider , F. G. Schröder , L. Schumacher , G. Schwefer , S. Sclafani , D. Seckel , S. Seunarine , A. Sharma , S. Shefali , N. Shimizu , S. Shimizu , M. Silva , B. Skrzypek , B. Smithers , R. Snihur , J. Soedingrekso , A. Søgaard , D. Soldin , C. Spannfellner , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , M. Stamatikos , T. Stanev , R. Stein , T. Stezelberger , T. Stürwald , T. Stuttard , G. W. Sullivan , I. Taboada , S. Ter-Antonyan , W. G. Thompson , J. Thwaites , S. Tilav , K. Tollefson , C. Tönnis , S. Toscano , D. Tosi , A. Trettin , C. F. Tung , R. Turcotte , J. P. Twagirayezu , B. Ty , M. A. Unland Elorrieta , K. Upshaw , N. Valtonen-Mattila , J. Vandenbroucke , N. van Eijndhoven , D. Vannerom , J. van Santen , J. Vara , J. Veitch-Michaelis , S. Verpoest , D. Veske , C. Walck , T. B. Watson , C. Weaver , J. Weber , P. Weigel , A. Weindl , J. Weldert , C. Wendt , J. Werthebach , M. Weyrauch , N. Whitehorn , C. H. Wiebusch , N. Willey , D. R. Williams , I. Wisher , M. Wolf , G. Wrede , J. Wulff , X. W. Xu , J. P. Yanez , E. Yildizci , S. Yoshida , F. Yu , S. Yu , T. Yuan , Z. Zhang , P. Zhelnin

Development of the New Optical Sensor for IceCube-Gen2

A new digital optical module (DOM) has been developed for the proposed expansion to the IceCube detector at the South Pole, IceCube-Gen2. The "Gen2-DOM" has 4 times the integrated photon sensitivity of the current IceCube DOMs and has built…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-13 Delaney Butterfield , Chris Wendt

The LED calibration systems for the mDOM and D-Egg sensor modules of the IceCube Upgrade

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, instrumenting about 1 km$^3$ of deep, glacial ice at the geographic South Pole, is due to be enhanced with the IceCube Upgrade. The IceCube Upgrade, to be deployed during the 2025/26 Antarctic summer…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-07 R. Abbasi , M. Ackermann , J. Adams , S. K. Agarwalla , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , J. M. Alameddine , S. Ali , N. M. Amin , K. Andeen , C. Argüelles , Y. Ashida , S. Athanasiadou , S. N. Axani , R. Babu , X. Bai , J. Baines-Holmes , A. Balagopal V. , S. W. Barwick , S. Bash , V. Basu , R. Bay , J. J. Beatty , J. Becker Tjus , P. Behrens , J. Beise , C. Bellenghi , B. Benkel , S. BenZvi , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , D. Z. Besson , E. Blaufuss , L. Bloom , S. Blot , I. Bodo , F. Bontempo , J. Y. Book Motzkin , C. Boscolo Meneguolo , S. Böser , O. Botner , J. Böttcher , J. Braun , B. Brinson , Z. Brisson-Tsavoussis , R. T. Burley , D. Butterfield , M. A. Campana , K. Carloni , J. Carpio , S. Chattopadhyay , N. Chau , Z. Chen , D. Chirkin , S. Choi , B. A. Clark , A. Coleman , P. Coleman , G. H. Collin , D. A. Coloma Borja , A. Connolly , J. M. Conrad , R. Corley , D. F. Cowen , C. De Clercq , J. J. DeLaunay , D. Delgado , T. Delmeulle , S. Deng , P. Desiati , K. D. de Vries , G. de Wasseige , T. DeYoung , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , S. DiKerby , M. Dittmer , A. Domi , L. Draper , L. Dueser , D. Durnford , K. Dutta , M. A. DuVernois , T. Ehrhardt , L. Eidenschink , A. Eimer , P. Eller , E. Ellinger , D. Elsässer , R. Engel , H. Erpenbeck , W. Esmail , S. Eulig , J. Evans , P. A. Evenson , K. L. Fan , K. Fang , K. Farrag , A. R. Fazely , A. Fedynitch , N. Feigl , C. Finley , L. Fischer , D. Fox , A. Franckowiak , S. Fukami , P. Fürst , J. Gallagher , E. Ganster , A. Garcia , M. Garcia , G. Garg , E. Genton , L. Gerhardt , A. Ghadimi , C. Glaser , T. Glüsenkamp , J. G. Gonzalez , S. Goswami , A. Granados , D. Grant , S. J. Gray , M. Gravois , S. Griffin , S. Griswold , K. M. Groth , D. Guevel , C. Günther , P. Gutjahr , C. Ha , C. Haack , A. Hallgren , L. Halve , F. Halzen , L. Hamacher , M. Ha Minh , M. Handt , K. Hanson , J. Hardin , A. A. Harnisch , P. Hatch , A. Haungs , J. Häußler , K. Helbing , J. Hellrung , B. Henke , L. Hennig , F. Henningsen , L. Heuermann , R. Hewett , N. Heyer , S. Hickford , A. Hidvegi , C. Hill , G. C. Hill , R. Hmaid , K. D. Hoffman , D. Hooper , S. Hori , K. Hoshina , M. Hostert , W. Hou , T. Huber , K. Hultqvist , K. Hymon , A. Ishihara , W. Iwakiri , M. Jacquart , S. Jain , O. Janik , M. Jansson , M. Jeong , M. Jin , N. Kamp , D. Kang , W. Kang , X. Kang , A. Kappes , L. Kardum , T. Karg , M. Karl , A. Karle , A. Katil , M. Kauer , J. L. Kelley , M. Khanal , A. Khatee Zathul , A. Kheirandish , H. Kimku , J. Kiryluk , C. Klein , S. R. Klein , Y. Kobayashi , A. Kochocki , R. Koirala , H. Kolanoski , T. Kontrimas , L. Köpke , C. Kopper , D. J. Koskinen , P. Koundal , M. Kowalski , T. Kozynets , N. Krieger , J. Krishnamoorthi , T. Krishnan , K. Kruiswijk , E. Krupczak , A. Kumar , E. Kun , N. Kurahashi , E. A. Kurt , N. Lad , C. Lagunas Gualda , L. Lallement Arnaud , M. Lamoureux , M. J. Larson , F. Lauber , J. P. Lazar , K. Leonard DeHolton , A. Leszczyńska , J. Liao , C. Lin , Y. T. Liu , M. Liubarska , C. Love , L. Lu , F. Lucarelli , W. Luszczak , Y. Lyu , J. Madsen , E. Magnus , Y. Makino , E. Manao , S. Mancina , A. Mand , I. C. Mariş , S. Marka , Z. Marka , L. Marten , I. Martinez-Soler , R. Maruyama , J. Mauro , F. Mayhew , F. McNally , J. V. Mead , K. Meagher , S. Mechbal , A. Medina , M. Meier , Y. Merckx , L. Merten , T. Meures , J. Mitchell , L. Molchany , T. Montaruli , R. W. Moore , Y. Morii , A. Mosbrugger , M. Moulai , D. Mousadi , E. Moyaux , T. Mukherjee , R. Naab , M. Nakos , U. Naumann , J. Necker , L. Neste , M. Neumann , H. Niederhausen , M. U. Nisa , K. Noda , A. Noell , A. Novikov , A. Obertacke Pollmann , V. O'Dell , A. Olivas , R. Orsoe , J. Osborn , E. O'Sullivan , V. Palusova , H. Pandya , A. Pare<nti , N. Park , V. Parrish , E. N. Paudel , L. Paul , C. Pérez de los Heros , T. Pernice , J. Peterson , M. Plum , A. Pontén , V. Poojyam , Y. Popovych , M. Prado Rodriguez , B. Pries , R. Procter-Murphy , G. T. Przybylski , L. Pyras , C. Raab , J. Rack-Helleis , N. Rad , M. Ravn , K. Rawlins , Z. Rechav , A. Rehman , I. Reistroffer , E. Resconi , S. Reusch , C. D. Rho , W. Rhode , L. Ricca , B. Riedel , A. Rifaie , E. J. Roberts , S. Robertson , M. Rongen , A. Rosted , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , L. Ruohan , D. Ryckbosch , J. Saffer , D. Salazar-Gallegos , P. Sampathkumar , A. Sandrock , P. Sandstrom , G. Sanger-Johnson , M. Santander , S. Sarkar , J. Savelberg , M. Scarnera , P. Schaile , M. Schaufel , H. Schieler , S. Schindler , L. Schlickmann , B. Schlüter , F. Schlüter , N. Schmeisser , T. Schmidt , F. G. Schröder , L. Schumacher , K. Schunter , S. Schwirn , S. Sclafani , D. Seckel , L. Seen , M. Seikh , S. Seunarine , P. A. Sevle Myhr , R. Shah , S. Shefali , N. Shimizu , B. Skrzypek , R. Snihur , J. Soedingrekso , A. Søgaard , D. Soldin , P. Soldin , G. Sommani , C. Spannfellner , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , J. Stachurska , M. Stamatikos , T. Stanev , T. Stezelberger , T. Stürwald , T. Stuttard , K. -H. Sulanke , G. W. Sullivan , I. Taboada , S. Ter-Antonyan , A. Terliuk , A. Thakuri , P. Theobald , M. Thiesmeyer , W. G. Thompson , J. Thwaites , S. Tilav , K. Tollefson , S. Toscano , D. Tosi , P. Trevarrow , A. Trettin , A. K. Upadhyay , K. Upshaw , A. Vaidyanathan , N. Valtonen-Mattila , J. Valverde , J. Vandenbroucke , T. Van Eeden , N. van Eijndhoven , L. Van Rootselaar , J. van Santen , J. Vara , F. Varsi , M. Venugopal , M. Vereecken , S. Vergara Carrasco , S. Verpoest , D. Veske , A. Vijai , J. Villarreal , C. Walck , A. Wang , E. H. S. Warrick , C. Weaver , P. Weigel , A. Weindl , J. Weldert , A. Y. Wen , C. Wendt , J. Werthebach , M. Weyrauch , N. Whitehorn , C. H. Wiebusch , D. R. Williams , L. Witthaus , M. Wolf , G. Wrede , X. W. Xu , J. P. Yanez , Y. Yao , E. Yildizci , S. Yoshida , R. Young , F. Yu , S. Yu , T. Yuan , A. Zegarelli , S. Zhang , Z. Zhang , P. Zhelnin , P. Zilberman

The Optical Sensor for IceCube-Gen2

An innovative optical module (OM) with segmented light-sensitive area has been developed for IceCube-Gen2 that will take neutrino astronomy at the South Pole to the next level. It builds on the successful features of the mDOM and D-Egg…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-14 Alexander Kappes

A multi-PMT Optical Module for the IceCube Upgrade

Following the first observation of an astrophysical high-energy neutrino flux with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in 2013 and the identification of a first cosmic high-energy neutrino source in 2017, the detector will be upgraded with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-29 Lew Classen , Alexander Kappes , Timo Karg

Electronics Design of the IceCube-Gen2 Optical Module Prototype

IceCube-Gen2 is a planned extension to the existing IceCube Neutrino Observatory and will provide an order of magnitude increase in the detection rate of cosmic neutrinos by deploying ~10,000 sensors in a volume of ~8 cubic kilometers. As…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-08 Sean Griffin

Design of an Efficient, High-Throughput Photomultiplier Tube Testing Facility for the IceCube Upgrade

The IceCube Upgrade is an extension of the IceCube detector at the geographic South Pole. It consists of seven new strings with novel instrumentation. More than 430 multi-PMT optical modules called "mDOMs", housing 24 3-inch PMTs each, will…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-22 Lasse Halve , Johannes Werthebach

Characterization of Two PMT Models for the IceCube Upgrade mDOM

The IceCube Upgrade will expand the IceCube Neutrino Observatory with nearly 800 new optical modules. A large fraction of these will be multi-PMT optical modules (mDOMs), featuring 24 PMTs pointing uniformly in all directions, providing an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-23 D. van Eijk , J. Schneider , M. Unland

POCAM in the IceCube Upgrade

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the geographic South Pole instruments a gigaton of glacial Antarctic ice with over 5000 photosensors. The detector, by now running for over a decade, will be upgraded with seven new densely instrumented…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-23 Nikhita Khera , Felix Henningsen

The IceCube Data Acquisition System: Signal Capture, Digitization, and Timestamping

IceCube is a km-scale neutrino observatory under construction at the South Pole with sensors both in the deep ice (InIce) and on the surface (IceTop). The sensors, called Digital Optical Modules (DOMs), detect, digitize and timestamp the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-08-27 The IceCube Collaboration

Performance studies for a next-generation optical sensor for IceCube-Gen2

We present performance studies of a segmented optical module for the IceCube-Gen2 detector. Based on the experience gained in sensor development for the IceCube Upgrade, the new sensor will consist of up to eighteen 4 inch PMTs housed in a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-23 Nobuhiro Shimizu , Aya Ishihara , Alexander Kappes

Calibrating the photon detection efficiency in IceCube

The IceCube neutrino observatory is composed of more than five thousand light sensors, Digital Optical Modules (DOMs), installed on the surface and at depths between 1450 and 2450 m in clear ice at the South Pole. Each DOM incorporates a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-10 Delia Tosi , Christopher Wendt

Detecting neutrinos in IceCube with Cherenkov light in the South Pole ice

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory detects GeV-to-PeV+ neutrinos via the Cherenkov light produced by secondary charged particles from neutrino interactions with the South Pole ice. The detector consists of over 5000 spherical Digital Optical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-19 Tianlu Yuan

Mechanical design of the optical modules intended for IceCube-Gen2

IceCube-Gen2 is an expansion of the IceCube neutrino observatory at the South Pole that aims to increase the sensitivity to high-energy neutrinos by an order of magnitude. To this end, about 10,000 new optical modules will be installed,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-22 Yuya Makino