Title of article
Active control of the gain of a Silicon PhotoMultiplier
Author/Authors
Marrocchesi، نويسنده , , P.S. and Bagliesi، نويسنده , , M.G. and Batkov، نويسنده , , K. and Bigongiari، نويسنده , , G. and Kim، نويسنده , , M.Y. and Lomtadze، نويسنده , , T. and Maestro، نويسنده , , P. and Morsani، نويسنده , , F. and Zei، نويسنده , , R.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
Pages
5
From page
391
To page
395
Abstract
Solid-state photodetectors working in the Geiger mode—known as Silicon PhotoMultipliers (SiPM) or MultiPixel Photon Counters (MPPC)—are currently being developed with increasingly large active areas. Potential applications for low-light-level detection were investigated with a 9 mm 2 MPPC, recently made available by Hamamatsu. The device was optically coupled with a scintillator and its performances, in terms of single photoelectron discrimination, were studied in a series of measurements under different operating conditions. An active control of the gain was implemented by a linear feedback on the operating voltage. The results of the tests are discussed.
Keywords
photodetector , Silicon PhotoMultiplier , Gain control , MPPC
Journal title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
Serial Year
2009
Journal title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
Record number
2210966
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