Afterpulse and delayed crosstalk analysis on a STMicroelectronics silicon photomultiplier

Nagy, Ferenc; Mazzillo, M.; Renna, L.; Valvo, G.; Sanfilippo, D.; Carbone, B.; Piana, A.; Fallica, Giorgio; Molnár, J.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2014.04.045

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“…6, we obtained the best-fit of our F measurements with k = 3.2 × 10 −2 up to OV = 5.5 V. Such a choice for k provides P values that are comparable to what previously reported in literature. For example, at OV = 3 V, P is 16.1% (i.e., 12.8% + 3.3%, sum of crosstalk and afterpulsing probabilities, respectively) in [43], while it results 28% in our analysis. Fig.…”

Section: B Snr Measurementsmentioning

confidence: 67%

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Silicon Photomultipliers Signal-to-Noise Ratio in the Continuous Wave Regime

Adamo

Parisi

Stivala

et al. 2014

IEEE J. Select. Topics Quantum Electron.

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We report on Signal-to-Noise Ratio measurements carried out, in the continuous wave regime, at different bias voltages, frequencies and temperatures, on a class of silicon photomultipliers fabricated in planar technology on silicon p-type substrate. \ud Signal-to-Noise Ratio has been measured as the ratio of the photogenerated current, filtered and averaged by a lock-in amplifier, and the Root Mean Square deviation of the same current. The measured noise takes into account the shot noise, resulting from the photocurrent and the dark current. We have also performed a comparison between our SiPMs and a photomultiplier tube in terms of Signal-to-Noise Ratio, as a function of the temperature of the SiPM package and at different bias voltages. Our results show the outstanding performance of this class of SiPMs even without the need of any cooling system

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Section: B Snr Measurementsmentioning

confidence: 67%

“…Even if the crosstalk probability can be only slightly higher than the afterpulsing probability, it is important to focus on their charge contributions. Indeed, the charge contribution of the former is about four times the charge contribution of the latter [43]. …”

Section: B Snr Measurementsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Silicon Photomultipliers Signal-to-Noise Ratio in the Continuous Wave Regime

Adamo

Parisi

Stivala

et al. 2014

IEEE J. Select. Topics Quantum Electron.

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“…In addition, we have constructed a statistical model accounting for AP-traps, CT-diff and AP-diff, and preliminary measurements to validate it are shown. A similar analysis of afterpulsing and CT-diff in a STMicroelectronics SiPM has recently been presented in [2].…”

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“…Only the general aspects are given below. 2 The f(t) distribution for AP-traps was characterized by the product of three factors: a negative exponential distribution describing the release of trapped carriers; the exponential pixel recharging after the primary avalanche, which is proportional to both the gain and the probability of the secondary avalanche; and the t-dependent fraction of afterpulses (of any type) with amplitudes above the detection threshold applied in the analysis software. The last two factors, which are also applicable to the f(t) distribution for AP-diff, account for the steep break of the experimental time distribution between 20 and 30 ns (see Fig.…”

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Modeling crosstalk and afterpulsing in silicon photomultipliers

Rosado¹,

Aranda²,

Blanco³

et al. 2015

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A:

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An experimental method to characterize the crosstalk and afterpulsing in silicon photomultipliers has been developed and applied to two detectors fabricated by Hamamatsu. An analytical model of optical crosstalk that we presented in a previous publication has been compared with new measurements, confirming our results. Progresses on a statistical model to describe afterpulsing and delayed crosstalk are also shown and compared with preliminary experimental data.Comment: 11 pages, 5 figures, New Developments in Photodetection, June 30th to July 4th, Tours, Franc

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“…to obtain required BER in practice, which can block almost all of the AP events because high-order AP probability reduces sharply. Secondly, the time constant of AP is usually larger than tens of nanoseconds, 24 which is distributed in many time bins, so each bit has very few APs and the APs can be easily eliminated by the threshold of the equalizer. The delayed OC events have similar time distribution with APs, so it can be treated the same as APs.…”

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The BER theoretical model and properties of SiPM‐based receiver for OOK optical communication

Zhang

Liu

Zhu

et al. 2018

Int J Communication

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The bit error rate (BER) theory of silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) based on-off keying optical communication receiver, which introduces photon equivalent threshold is established. The optical crosstalk effect, the dark counts, the amplitude fluctuations of output pulses of SiPM, the baseline fluctuation, the shape of the incident light pulse, the adjacent symbol interference as well as the photon detection efficiency (PDE) are considered in the theory model.The numerical result shows that the average minimum optical power required is much smaller than that of the avalanche photodiode-based receivers under the same conditions. The BER of SiPM-based optical communication receiver is very sensitive to the PDE and optical crosstalk (OC) probability of SiPM.For the application of digital optical communication, a SiPM with high PDE but low OC probability and low dark count rate is a preference, under the premise that the output pulse is fast enough. For the state-of-the-art SiPMs, the dark count rate is small enough to obtain adequate BER, and the OC effect is not a big limitation of the performance of SiPM-based receiver. Moreover, the amplitude fluctuation and the baseline fluctuation of the SiPM-based receiver are not bottlenecks of the performance in practice. KEYWORDSbit error rate, photon equivalent threshold, receiver, silicon photomultiplier

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Afterpulse and delayed crosstalk analysis on a STMicroelectronics silicon photomultiplier

Cited by 21 publications

References 16 publications

Silicon Photomultipliers Signal-to-Noise Ratio in the Continuous Wave Regime

Silicon Photomultipliers Signal-to-Noise Ratio in the Continuous Wave Regime

Modeling crosstalk and afterpulsing in silicon photomultipliers

The BER theoretical model and properties of SiPM‐based receiver for OOK optical communication

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