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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

We characterized the S14160-3050HS Multi-Pixel Photon Counter (MPPC), a high efficiency, single channel silicon photomultiplier manufactured by Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. All measurements were performed at a room temperature of (23.0 $\pm$…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-21 Siyang Li , George F. Smoot

Muon tomography is a non-destructive imaging technique that uses cosmic-ray muons to probe dense materials. Bar scintillator and scintillating fiber detectors equipped with one-dimensional SiPM arrays offer compact, high-resolution…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-04-06 Chenghan Lv , Kun Hu , Huiling Li , Hui Liang , Cong Liu , Hongbo Wang , Zibing Wu , Weiwei Xu

We present a 'digital SiPM' photo-detection chip combining single photon sensitive avalanche photo diodes and CMOS readout electronics on a single die. The chip has a size of $8046\times9032\,\mu m^2$ with $72.5\%$ of photo sensitive area.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-01-27 Peter Fischer , Michael Keller , Michael Ritzert

Silicon photo-multipliers (SiPM) have been replacing traditional photomultiplier tubes in most light sensing applications. However, when large detection surface coverage is needed, photomultipliers (PMTs) are still the preferred choice. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-03-13 Luca Giangrande , Matthieu Heller , Yannick Favre , Teresa Montaruli

High-time-resolution counters based on plastic scintillator with silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) readout have been developed for applications to high energy physics experiments for which relatively large-sized counters are required. We have…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-10-17 Paolo W. Cattaneo , Matteo De Gerone , Flavio Gatti , Miki Nishimura , Wataru Ootani , Massimo Rossella , Yusuke Uchiyama

Silicon Photo-multipliers (SiPMs) are very sensitive photo-detectors that experienced a big development in the last years in several applications, like LIDAR, astrophysics, medical imaging and high energy physics (HEP) experiments. In HEP…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-12-16 Anna Rita Altamura , Fabio Acerbi , Benedetto Di Ruzza , Enrico Verroi , Stefano Merzi , Alberto Gola

We present the characterization of a photon-number-resolving detection chain based on Silicon photomultipliers (SiPM) coupled to a 14 bit, 1 Gs\s digital acquisition system embedding an FPGA-based signal processing pipeline that performs…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-20 Alex Pozzoli , Stefano Carsi , Andrea Abba , Alessia Allevi

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,…

We developed an FPGA-based high-speed readout system for a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor to observe soft X-ray transients in future satellite missions, such as HiZ-GUNDAM. Our previous research revealed that…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-04 Naoki Ogino , Makoto Arimoto , Tatsuya Sawano , Daisuke Yonetoku , Hsien-chieh Shen , Takanori Sakamoto , Junko S. Hiraga , Yoichi Yatsu , Tatehiro Mihara

We report on the realization of a novel SiPM-based, cryogenic photosensor with an active area of 24 cm$^2$ that operates as a single-channel analog detector. The device is capable of single photon counting with a signal to noise ratio…

We present a prototype for the first tracking detector consisting of 250 micron thin scintillating fibers and silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) arrays. The detector has a modular design, each module consists of a mechanical support structure…

Accurate Time-of-Flight (TOF) measurement with sub-100 picosecond resolution is a critical requirement for particle identification in future high-energy physics experiments, such as the Belle II $K_{L}$ and Muon (KLM) detector upgrade.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-05-14 Ziyi Yang , Xiyang Wang , Shiming Zou , Ting Wang , Kairui Huang , Wanyi Zhuang , Yicheng Pu , Xiaolong Wang

In ultraviolet (UV) astronomical observations, photons from the sources are very few compared to the visible or infrared (IR) wavelength ranges. Detectors operating in the UV usually employ a photon-counting mode of operation. These…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-29 Bharat Chandra P , Binukumar G. , Shubham Janakiram , Mahesh Babu , Shubhangi Jain , Richa Rai , Rekhesh Mohan , Margarita Safonova , Jayant Murthy

TRopIcal DEep-sea Neutrino Telescope (TRIDENT) plans to incorporate silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) with superior time resolution in addition to photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) into its detection units, namely hybrid Digital Optical Modules…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-06-10 Wei Zhi , Ruike Cao , Jiannan Tang , Mingxin Wang , Yongqi Tan , Weihao Wu , Donglian Xu

OPTIMA is a small, versatile high-speed photometer which is primarily intended for time resolved observations of young high energy pulsars at optical wavelengths. The detector system consists of eight fiber fed photon counters based on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. Straubmeier , G. Kanbach , F. Schrey

We developed a UV-transparent lens array that can increase the photon detection efficiency of a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) array comprising of 64 pixels ($3\times3$ mm$^2$ each) and 0.2-mm gaps. Through the plano-convex spherical lens…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Akira Okumura , Akira Asano , Kazuhiro Furuta , Naoya Hidaka , Yuki Nakamura , Hiroyasu Tajima , Anatolii Zenin

Silicon photomultipliers (SiPM) have gained significant traction as an alternative technology to the well-established photomultiplier tube (PMT), with numerous high-sensitivity experiments adopting them either complementarily or as a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-06-24 Giuseppe Matteucci

A novel concept to enhance the photo-detection efficiency (PDE) of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) has been applied and remarkable positive results can be reported. This concept uses arrays of microlenses to cover every second SiPM pixel…

We have developed a custom amplifier board coupled to a large-format 16-channel Hamamatsu silicon photomultiplier device for use as the light sensor for the electromagnetic calorimeters in the Muon g-2 experiment at Fermilab. The…