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Thin planar pixel modules are promising candidates to instrument the inner layers of the new ATLAS pixel detector for HL-LHC, thanks to the reduced contribution to the material budget and their high charge collection efficiency after…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-09-21 Anna Macchiolo , Richard Nisius , Natascha Savic , Stefano Terzo

We report on the development of new 3D pixel sensors for the Phase 2 Upgrades at the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC). To cope with the requirements of increased pixel granularity (e.g., 50x50 or 25x100 um2 pixel size) and extreme radiation…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-12-05 Gian-Franco Dalla Betta , Maurizio Boscardin , Roberto Mendicino , Sabina Ronchin , DMS Sultan , Nicola Zorzi

An extensive sensor testing campaign is presented, dedicated to measuring the charge collection properties of prototype candidates for the Vertex Locator (VELO) detector for the upgraded LHCb experiment. The charge collection is measured…

The possibility of efficient collection and detection of vacuum ultraviolet light as emitted by argon, krypton, and xenon gas is studied. Absolute quantum efficiencies of large area avalanche photodiodes (LAAPDs) are derived at these…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-11-15 R. Chandrasekharan , A. Knecht , M. Messina , C. Regenfus , A. Rubbia

We propose a joint TDC and multi-time-gated imaging single-photon avalanche diode LiDAR sensor featuring a maximum detection range of 108m with a minimum depth resolution (least significant bit) of 2.93mm, fabricated in 110nm CMOS…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-23 Chang Liu , Edoardo Charbon

In this paper we report on the timing resolution of the first production of 50 micro-meter thick Ultra-Fast Silicon Detectors (UFSD) as obtained in a beam test with pions of 180 GeV/c momentum. UFSD are based on the Low-Gain Avalanche…

Design and physical operation principles of new microchannel avalanche photodiode (MC APD) with gain up to 10^5 and linearity range improved an order of magnitude compared to known similar devices. A distinctive feature of the new device is…

Enhancing photon detection efficiency and time resolution in photodetectors in the entire visible range is critical to improve the image quality of time-of-flight (TOF)-based imaging systems and fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM). In this…

The quadrant silicon detector, a kind of passivated implanted planar silicon detector with quadrant structure on the junction side, gained its wide application in charged particle detection. In this paper, the manufacturing procedure,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-18 Pengfei Bao , Chengjian Lin , Feng Yang , Zhaoqiao Guo , Tianshu Guo , Lei Yang , Lijie Sun , Huiming Jia , Xinxing Xu , Nanru Ma , Huanqiao Zhang , Zuhua Liu

The planned upgrade of the LHC accelerator at CERN, namely the high luminosity (HL) phase of the LHC (HL-LHC foreseen for 2023), will result in a more intense radiation environment than the present tracking system was designed for. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-12-09 Timo Peltola

Studies of annealing at temperatures up to 450$^\circ$C with LGADs irradiated with neutrons are described. It was found that the performance of LGADs irradiated with 1.5e15 n/cm$^2$ was already improved at 5 minutes of annealing at…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-08-16 I. Mandić , V. Cindro , A. Gorišek , B. Hiti , A. Howard , Ž. Kljun , G. Kramberger , M. Maček Kržmanc , M. Mikuž , B. Novak

Spectroscopy of Earth-like exoplanets and ultra-faint galaxies are priority science cases for the coming decades. Here, broadband source flux rates are measured in photons per square meter per hour, imposing extreme demands on detector…

Fluorescent latex beads have been widely used as tracers in microfluidics over for the last decades. They have the advantages to be density matched with water and to be easily localizable using fluorescence microscopy. We have recently…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2016-03-17 Olivier Mesdjian , Yong Chen , Jacques Fattaccioli

We present the design and performance characterization results of the novel Fermilab Constant Fraction Discriminator ASIC (FCFD) developed to readout low gain avalanche detector (LGAD) signals by directly using a constant fraction…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-06-14 Si Xie , Artur Apresyan , Ryan Heller , Christopher Madrid , Irene Dutta , Aram Hayrapetyan , Sergey Los , Cristian Pena , Tom Zimmerman

We demonstrate an efficient photon number detector for visible wavelengths using a silicon avalanche photodiode. Under subnanosecond gating, the device is able to resolve up to four photons in an incident optical pulse. The detection…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-21 O. Thomas , Z. L. Yuan , J. F. Dynes , A. W. Sharpe , A. J. Shields

The proven radiation hardness of silicon 3D devices up to fluences of $1 {\times} 10^{17}$ $n_{eq}/cm^{2}$ makes them an excellent choice for next generation trackers, providing < 10 ${\mu}m$ position resolution at a high multiplicity…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-03-05 Evangelos-Leonidas Gkougkousis , Edgar Lemos Cid , Viktor Coco

The High Luminosity upgrade of the CERN Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) requires new high-radiation tolerant silicon pixel sensors for the innermost part of the tracking detector in the CMS experiment. The innermost layer of the tracker,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-02-11 Clara Lasaosa

Two large-area, low noise, high speed fluorescence detectors have been built. One detector consists of a photodiode with an area of 28 mm x 28 mm and a low noise transimpedance amplifier. This detector has a input light-equivalent spectral…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Bickman , D. DeMille

This part of the conference proceeding provides a detailed overview of cutting-edge advancements in detector technologies, focusing on their optimization, characterization, and applications in particle physics experiments. Building on the…

The ATLAS experiment will undergo around the year 2025 a replacement of the tracker system in view of the high luminosity phase of the LHC (HL-LHC) with a new 5-layer pixel system. Thin planar pixel sensors are promising candidates to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-02-01 Anna Macchiolo , Julien Beyer , Alessandro La Rosa , Richard Nisius , Natascha Savic