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This work investigates the operational acquisition time limits of Timepix3 and Timepix2 detectors operated in frame mode for high-count rate of high deposited energy transfer particles. Measurements were performed using alpha particles from…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-09-27 C. Oancea , A. Resch , S. Barna , G. Magrin , L. Grevillot , D. Hladik , L. Marek , J. Jakubek , C. Granja

The detection of photons with energies greater than a few tenths of an MeV, interacting via Compton scattering and/or pair production, faces a number of difficulties. The reconstruction of single-scatter Compton events can only determine…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-05 Denis Bernard , Stanley D. Hunter , Toru Tanimori

We report on measurements of 1 and 1.5 MeV monoenergetic electrons with a Timepix3-based detector using a 0.5 mm thick silicon sensor. A $^{90}$Sr $\beta$-emitting radioisotope was used as the source of electrons, and a monochromator…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-12-03 Babar Ali , Zdeněk Kohout , Hugo Natal da Luz , Rudolf Sýkora , Tomáš Sýkora

Compton cameras are radiation detectors that provide spatial information on the origin of the {\gamma}-ray sources based on the Compton scattering effect. Many applications require these detectors to be used at high counting rate. As such,…

Electron-tracking Compton camera, which is a complete Compton camera with tracking Compton scattering electron by a gas micro time projection chamber, is expected to open up MeV gamma-ray astronomy. The technical challenge for achieving…

In this work we have developed a prototype gaseous pixel detector by combining a micromegas grid with a Timepix3 chip for the readout. The micromegas foil supported by a matrix of pillars about 50 $\mathrm{\mu m}$ high was manually placed…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-04-10 S. Tsigaridas , M. v. Beuzekom , H. v. d. Graaf , F. Hartjes , K. Heijhoff , N. P. Hessey , P. J. de Jong , V. Prodanovic

We present a novel single-photon detector based on a vacuum tube incorporating a photocathode, a microchannel plate (MCP), and a Timepix4 CMOS ASIC functioning as a pixelated anode. Designed to handle photon rates up to 1 billion per second…

We show a simple yet effective method that can be used to characterize the per pixel quantum efficiency and temporal resolution of a single photon event camera for quantum imaging applications. Utilizing photon pairs generated through…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-23 Victor Vidyapin , Yingwen Zhang , Duncan England , Benjamin Sussman

The Medipix3, a hybrid pixel detector with a silicon sensor, has been evaluated as a beam instrumentation device with proton and carbon ion measurements in the non-clinical research room (IR1) of MedAustron Ion Therapy Center. Protons…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-10-15 Navrit Johan Singh Bal , Claus Stefan Schmitzer , Andrea De Franco , Sascha Enke

In order to achieve the challenging requirements on the CLIC vertex detector, a range of technology options have been considered in recent years. One prominent idea is the use of active sensors implemented in a commercial high-voltage CMOS…

The hybrid architecture of the Timepix (TPX) family of detectors enables the use of different semiconductor sensors, most commonly silicon (Si), as well as high-density materials such as Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) or Gallium Arsenide (GaAs).…

With the ultimate goal of developing a pixel-based readout for a TPC at the ILC, a GridPix readout system consisting of one Timepix3 chip with an integrated amplification grid was embedded in a prototype detector. The performance was…

The GammaTPC is an MeV-scale single-phase liquid argon time-projection-chamber gamma-ray telescope concept with a novel dual-scale pixel-based charge-readout system. It promises to enable a significant improvement in sensitivity to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-25 M. Buuck , A. Mishra , E. Charles , N. Di Lalla , O. Hitchcock , M. E. Monzani , N. Omodei , T. Shutt

We have developed an electron-tracking Compton camera (ETCC) for use in next-generation MeV gamma ray telescopes. An ETCC consists of a gaseous time projection chamber (TPC) and pixel scintillator arrays (PSAs). Since the TPC measures the…

We performed a detailed study of the timing performance of the LHCb VELO Timepix3 Telescope with a 180 GeV/c mixed hadron beam at the CERN SPS. A twofold method was developed to improve the resolution of single-plane time measurements,…

The ARIADNE project is developing innovative optical readout technologies for two-phase liquid Argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs). Optical readout presents an exciting alternative to the current paradigm of charge readout. Optical…

We present a concept for an Advanced Compton Telescope (ACT) based on the use of pixelized gas micro-well detectors to form a three-dimensional electron track imager. A micro-well detector consists of an array of individual micro-patterned…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. F. Bloser , S. D. Hunter , J. M. Ryan , M. L. McConnell , R. S. Miller , T. N. Jackson , B. Bai , S. Jung

Two-photon absorption (TPA) enables three-dimensional characterisation of silicon detectors by generating charge carriers within a confined volume around a focused laser spot. In combination with pixelated readout systems, TPA measurements…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-04-20 Tianqi Gao

The M\"ONCH hybrid pixel detector, with a 25 \textmu m pixel pitch and fast charge-integrating readout, has demonstrated subpixel resolution capabilities for X-ray imaging and deep learning-based electron localization in electron…