Title :
Thermal and electrical characterization of silicon photomultiplier
Author :
Petasecca, M. ; Alpat, B. ; Ambrosi, G. ; Azzarello, P. ; Battiston, R. ; Ionica, M. ; Papi, A. ; Pignatel, G.U. ; Haino, S.
Author_Institution :
Italian Nat. Inst. of Nucl. Phys., Perugia
fDate :
Oct. 26 2007-Nov. 3 2007
Abstract :
Detection of low levels of light is one of the key aspects in medical and space applications. Silicon photo-multipliers, a novel type of avalanche silicon photo-detector with Geiger mode of operation show promising results and offer superior design options. The performance characteristics of the SiPM are studied and presented in this paper. The leakage current, dark rate and internal gain are characterized as a function of temperature. The investigation has been done in the framework of the DASiPM Collaboration in the contest of the INFN/FBK-irst MEMS project.
Keywords :
Geiger counters; photodetectors; photomultipliers; silicon radiation detectors; DASiPM Collaboration; Geiger mode; INFN/FBK-irst MEMS project; avalanche silicon photodetector; dark rate; electrical characterization; internal gain; leakage current; silicon photomultiplier; thermal characterization; Electrons; Leakage current; Micromechanical devices; Nuclear physics; Optoelectronic and photonic sensors; Photomultipliers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Silicon; Temperature sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2007. NSS '07. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0922-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4437235
