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

Volume

55

Issue

3

fYear

2008

fDate

6/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1686

Lastpage

1690

Abstract

Detection of low levels of light is one of the key aspects in medical and space applications. Silicon photomultiplier, a novel type of avalanche photodetector which operates in Geiger mode, shows promising results and offer superior design options. The performance characteristics of the SiPM realized in FBK-irst 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 carried out in the framework of the DASiPM Collaboration and the INFN/FBK-irst MEMS project.

Keywords

Geiger counters; photodetectors; photomultipliers; silicon radiation detectors; DASiPM Collaboration; Geiger mode photodetector; INFN/FBK-irst MEMS project; avalanche photodetector; electrical characterization; silicon photomultiplier; thermal characterization; Leakage current; Micromechanical devices; Nuclear physics; Optoelectronic and photonic sensors; Photodetectors; Photomultipliers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Silicon; Temperature; Photodiode; silicon photomultiplier; thermal characteristics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2008.922220

Filename

4545198