English
Related papers

Related papers: Performance of a coarsely pixelated LAPPD photosen…

200 papers

We present a charge integration photon detector (CIPD) that enables the efficient measurement of photon number states at the telecom-fiber wavelengths with a quantum efficiency of 80% and a resolution less than 0.5 electrons at 1 Hz…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Mikio Fujiwara , Masahide Sasaki

This paper describes the design and construction of a Cherenkov detector conceived with regard to high energy Compton polarimeters for the International Linear Collider, where beam diagnostic systems of unprecedented precision must…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-20 Christoph Bartels , Joachim Ebert , Anthony Hartin , Christian Helebrant , Daniela Käfer , Jenny List

We have developed Lumped Element Kinetic Inductance Detectors (LEKID) sensitive in the frequency band from 80 to 120~GHz. In this work, we take advantage of the so-called proximity effect to reduce the superconducting gap of Aluminium,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-22 A. Catalano , J. Goupy , H. le Sueur , A. Benoit , O. Bourrion , M. Calvo , L. Dumoulin , F. Levy-Bertrand , J. Macìas-Pérez , S. Marnieros , N. Ponthieu , A. Monfardini

Owing to their intrinsic (geometry dependent) radiation hardness, 3D pixel sensors are promising candidates for the innermost tracking layers of the forthcoming experiment upgrades at the Phase 2 High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC). To this…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-02-01 DMS Sultan , Gian-Franco Dalla Betta , Roberto Mendicino , Maurizio Boscardin , Sabina Ronchin , Nicola Zorzi

The CMS experiment will include a pixel detector for pattern recognition and vertexing. It will consist of three barrel layers and two endcaps on each side, providing three space-points up to a pseudoraditity of 2.1. Taking into account the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-11-11 R. Horisberger , D. Kotlinski , T. Rohe

A new Cherenkov muon spectrometer using diversely sized C3F8 gas radiators and nonlinear threshold muon momentum levels was studied using Geant4 simulations. Despite its compact size (<1m3), the performance of the spectrometer was…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-02-17 Junghyun Bae , Stylianos Chatzidakis

Low-Gain Avalanche Diode (LGAD) sensor is one of candidate sensors for the tracker at future hadron collider experiments. To use this sensor as a tracking detector, AC-LGAD sensor is being developed which has both timing and spatial…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-05-23 Sayuka Kita , Koji Nakamura , Tomoka Imamura , Ikumi Goya , Kazuhiko Hara

Ground-level particle detection is now a well-established approach to TeV gamma-ray astronomy. Detection of Cherenkov light produced in water-filled detection units is a proven and cost-effective method. Here we discuss the optimization of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-22 Samridha Kunwar , Hazal Goksu , Jim Hinton , Harm Schoorlemmer , Andrew Smith , Werner Hofmann , Felix Werner

Lumped-element kinetic inductance detectors (LEKIDs) are an attractive technology for millimeter-wave observations that require large arrays of extremely low-noise detectors. We designed, fabricated and characterized 64-element (128 LEKID)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-28 H. McCarrick , G. Jones , B. R. Johnson , M. H. Abitbol , P. A. R. Ade , S. Bryan , P. Day , T. Essinger-Hileman , D. Flanigan , H. G. Leduc , M. Limon , P. Mauskopf , A. Miller , C. Tucker

The increasing concentration of greenhouse gases, notably CH4 and CO2, has fueled global temperature increases, intensifying concerns regarding the prevailing climate crisis. Effectively monitoring these gases demands a detector spanning…

Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are a good alternative to photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) because their gain and quantum efficiency are comparable to PMTs. However, the largest single-chip SiPM is still less than 1~cm$^2$. In order to use…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-11-17 Felix Liang , Hartmut Brands , Les Hoy , Jeff Preston , Jason Smith

Few-layer molybdenum disulfide (FL-MoS$_2$) films have been integrated into amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) pin photodetectors. To achieve this, vertical a-Si:H photodiodes were grown by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PE-CVD) on top…

SPT-3G+ is the next-generation camera for the South Pole Telescope (SPT). SPT is designed to measure the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and the mm/sub-mm sky. The planned focal plane consists of 34,000 microwave kinetic inductance…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-25 E. S. Martsen , P. S. Barry , B. A. Benson , K. R. Dibert , K. N. Fichman , T. Natoli , M. Rouble , C. Yu

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is an atmospheric Cherenkov observatory that will image the cosmos in very-high-energy gamma rays. CTA will study the highest-energy particle accelerators in the Universe and potentially confirm the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 J. Vandenbroucke

Photosensitive gaseous detectors with a simple photoelectron multiplication mechanism of resistive plate chambers (RPCs) are expected to have both a large photocoverage and an excellent time resolution and to be low-cost. To demonstrate the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-05-24 K. Matsuoka , R. Okubo , Y. Adachi

Multi-Pixel Photon Counter (MPPC) has been recently emerged and realized as a great type of Silicon Photomultiplier to replace or compensate for the conventional vacuum-based Photomultiplier tubes. MPPC provides many striking features such…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-06-17 N. H. Duy Thanh , N. V. Chi Lan , C. V. Son , T. V. Ngoc , P. T. Quyen , N. Khoa , N. T. Hong Van

Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) represent a class of instruments which are dedicated to the ground-based observation of cosmic VHE gamma ray emission based on the detection of the Cherenkov radiation produced in the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-16 C. Arcaro , D. Corti , A. De Angelis , M. Doro , C. Manea , M. Mariotti , R. Rando , I. Reichardt , D. Tescaro

A hybrid dual-readout calorimeter concept, comprising both electromagnetic and hadronic sections, has recently been proposed to meet the performance requirements of experiments at future e$^{+}$e$^{-}$ colliders. The front compartment…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-20 Andrea Benaglia , Flavia Cetorelli , Marco Toliman Lucchini , Etiennette Auffray , Louis Roux , Julie Delenne

Simulation of detecting photoelectrons using multi-level multi-electron (MLME) finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method with an application to near-field subwavelength imaging based on semiconductor nanophotodetector (NPD) array is…

Optics · Physics 2009-02-20 Ki Young Kim , Boyang Liu , Yingyan Huang , Seng-Tiong Ho