An Educational Kit Based on a Modular Silicon Photomultiplier System

V. Arosio; M. Caccia; V. Chmill; A. Ebolese; A. Martemiyanov; F. Risigo; R. Santoro; M. Locatelli; M. Pieracci; C. Tintori

An Educational Kit Based on a Modular Silicon Photomultiplier System

Instrumentation and Detectors 2014-07-01 v2 Physics Education

Authors: V. Arosio , M. Caccia , V. Chmill , A. Ebolese , A. Martemiyanov , F. Risigo , R. Santoro , M. Locatelli , M. Pieracci , C. Tintori

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Abstract

Silicon Photo-Multipliers (SiPM) are state of the art light detectors with unprecedented single photon sensitivity and photon number resolving capability, representing a breakthrough in several fundamental and applied Science domains. An educational experiment based on a SiPM set-up is proposed in this article, guiding the student towards a comprehensive knowledge of this sensor technology while experiencing the quantum nature of light and exploring the statistical properties of the light pulses emitted by a LED.

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silicon photomultipliers particle detector quantum optics

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@article{arxiv.1308.3622,
  title  = {An Educational Kit Based on a Modular Silicon Photomultiplier System},
  author = {V. Arosio and M. Caccia and V. Chmill and A. Ebolese and A. Martemiyanov and F. Risigo and R. Santoro and M. Locatelli and M. Pieracci and C. Tintori},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.3622},
  year   = {2014}
}

An Educational Kit Based on a Modular Silicon Photomultiplier System

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