TY - JOUR
T1 - Timing performances of large area Silicon PhotoMultipliers fabricated at STMicroelectronics
AU - Mazzillo, Massimo
AU - Condorelli, Giovanni
AU - Sanfilippo, Delfo
AU - Valvo, Giuseppina
AU - Carbone, Beatrice
AU - Piana, Angelo
AU - Fallica, Giorgio
AU - Ronzhin, Anatoly
AU - Demarteau, Marcel
AU - Los, Sergey
AU - Ramberg, Erik
PY - 2010/8
Y1 - 2010/8
N2 - In this paper the results of charge and timing resolution characterization realized at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) on 3.5 × 3.5 mm2 Silicon PhotoMultipliers fabricated at STMicroelectronics Catania R&D clean room facilities are presented. The device consists of 4900 microcells and has a geometrical fill factor of 36%. Timing measurements were realized at different wavelengths by varying the overvoltage and the temperature applied to the photodetector. The results shown in this manuscript demonstrate that the device, in spite of its large area, exhibits relevant features in terms of low dark current density, fast timing and very good single photoelectron resolution. All these characteristics can be considered very appealing in view of the utilization of this technology in applications requiring detectors with high timing and energy resolution performances.
AB - In this paper the results of charge and timing resolution characterization realized at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) on 3.5 × 3.5 mm2 Silicon PhotoMultipliers fabricated at STMicroelectronics Catania R&D clean room facilities are presented. The device consists of 4900 microcells and has a geometrical fill factor of 36%. Timing measurements were realized at different wavelengths by varying the overvoltage and the temperature applied to the photodetector. The results shown in this manuscript demonstrate that the device, in spite of its large area, exhibits relevant features in terms of low dark current density, fast timing and very good single photoelectron resolution. All these characteristics can be considered very appealing in view of the utilization of this technology in applications requiring detectors with high timing and energy resolution performances.
KW - Dark current
KW - Geiger mode avalanche diode
KW - Silicon PhotoMultiplier
KW - single photoelectron response
KW - timing resolution
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U2 - 10.1109/TNS.2010.2049122
DO - 10.1109/TNS.2010.2049122
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77955847821
SN - 0018-9499
VL - 57
SP - 2273
EP - 2279
JO - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
JF - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
IS - 4 PART 2
M1 - 5475316
ER -