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The DESY II Test Beam Facility is a key infrastructure for modern high energy physics detector development, providing particles with a small momentum spread in a range from 1 to 6 GeV to user groups e.g. from the LHC experiments and Belle…

The detective quantum efficiency (DQE) and normalised noise power spectrum (NNPS) of the Timepix4 hybrid pixel detector in event-driven mode in TEM have been measured at 100 kV and 200 kV. In a raw data readout mode, the zero-frequency DQE…

Monolithic CMOS pixel detectors have emerged as competitive contenders in the field of high-energy particle physics detectors. By utilizing commercial processes they offer high-volume production of such detectors. A series of prototypes has…

Motivated by the stringent requirements of the Upstream Pixel (UP) tracker in the LHCb Upgrade II and the Inner Tracking detector (ITK) of the Circular Electron Positron Collider, the COFFEE series of pixel sensor chips have been developed…

We present the first characterization results of Timespot1, an ASIC designed in CMOS 28 nm technology, featuring a $32 \times 32$ pixel matrix with a pitch of $55 ~ \mu m$. Timespot1 is the first small-size prototype, conceived to readout…

The physics aims at the proposed future CLIC high-energy linear $e^+ e^-$ collider pose challenging demands on the performance of the detector system. In particular the vertex and tracking detectors have to combine precision measurements…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-09-04 Mathieu Benoit

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 report the demonstration of a low-power pixelated readout system designed for three-dimensional ionization charge detection and digital readout of liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs). Unambiguous 3D charge readout was…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-10-12 D. A. Dwyer , M. Garcia-Sciveres , D. Gnani , C. Grace , S. Kohn , M. Kramer , A. Krieger , C. J. Lin , K. B. Luk , P. Madigan , C. Marshall , H. Steiner , T. Stezelberger

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).…

The hybrid pixel detector Timepix3 allows the measurement of the time and energy deposition of an event simultaneously in each 55 $\mu$m pixel, which makes Timepix3 a promising approach for a compact Compton camera. However, the angular…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-12-21 Jiaxing Wen , Xutao Zheng , Huaizhong Gao , Ming Zeng , Yuge Zhang , Minghai Yu , Yuchi Wu , Jirong Cang , Ge Ma , Zongqing Zhao

The combination of Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors (MPGDs) and pixel charge readout enables specific experimental opportunities. Using the Timepix4 for the readout is advantageous because of its size (around 7 cm^2 active area) and its…

The MiniCactus sensors are demonstrator sensors designed in LFoundry LF15A 150 nm technology, intended to study the performance of non amplified High Voltage High Resistivity CMOS sensors for measurement of time of arrival of charged…

We present the development of a second generation digital readout system for photon counting microwave kinetic inductance detector (MKID) arrays operating in the optical and near-IR wavelength bands. Our system retains much of the core…

Future astrophysics and cosmic microwave background space missions operating in the far-infrared to millimetre part of the spectrum will require very large arrays of ultra-sensitive detectors in combination with high multiplexing factors…

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

A readout system based on the Timepix4 ASIC, is being developed for photon science. The TEMPUS detector can be operated in two distinct modes: a photon counting mode, which allows for conventional full-frame readout at rates up to 40 kfps;…

We have developed a silicon pixel detector to enhance the physics capabilities of the PHENIX experiment. This detector, consisting of two layers of sensors, will be installed around the beam pipe at the collision point and covers a…

Detector developments are currently enabling new capabilities in the field of transmission electron microscopy (TEM). We have investigated the limits of a hybrid pixel detector, Medipix3, to record dynamic, time varying, electron signals.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-12-17 Gary W. Paterson , Raymond J. Lamb , Rafael Ballabriga , Dima Maneuski , Val O'Shea , Damien McGrouther

We report on the experimental study made on a successive prototype of High-Voltage CMOS (HV-CMOS) ATLASPix2 sensor for the tracking detector application, developed with 180 nm feature size. These sensors are to qualify mainly the peripheral…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-17 D M S Sultan , S. Gonzalez-Sevilla , D. Ferrere , G. Iacobucci , E. Zaffaroni , W. Wong , M. Kiehn , and M. Benoit

A next-generation medium-energy gamma-ray telescope targeting the MeV range would address open questions in astrophysics regarding how extreme conditions accelerate cosmic-ray particles, produce relativistic jet outflows, and more. One…