First Large Sample Study of Visible Light Photon Counters (VLPC's)

Adams, D

doi:10.1016/0920-5632(95)00552-8

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“…This leads to a self-quenching of the avalanche multiplication. Such local avalanche gain combined with near-zero multiplication noise results in photonnumber resolving capability of VLPCs [16,21,45], and similar behavior is to be expected from SSPMs. Figure 5.6 shows the measured pulse height distribution of a VLPC, which fits well to a gamma distribution using an excess noise factor (ENF) of 1.025.…”

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“…Simple analysis shows that for those devices utilizing electrical current as the readout signal, the internal gain must be at least ≈10 4 to overcome the thermal noise of the transimpedance amplifier operating at room temperature, when the total shunting capacitance of the device (plus any stray capacitance) is in the ≈pF range [9]. The VLPC is a variation of SSPM optimized for enhanced DE in the visible and suppressed response in the IR for applications in high-energy physics [15,16]. Use of low temperature devices or micronscale devices connected to readout electronics without much stray capacitance can in principle overcome these constraints.…”

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Novel Semiconductor Single-Photon Detectors

Kim

McKay

Kwiat

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Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences

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Novel Semiconductor Single-Photon Detectors

Kim

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Kwiat

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Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences

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“…Here, the choices are either avalanche photodiodes or visible-light photon counters. Important research and development is in progress on both types of devices (1,(59)(60)(61)(62)(63)(64)(65)(66), but currently, the device of choice for fiber tracking is the VLPC, developed by Rockwell International Science Center (61-66). device exhibits very high quantum efficiency, high gain, and low dark count.…”

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The Use of Scintillating Fibers for Charged-Particle Tracking

Ruchti

1996

Annu. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci.

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The demand for instrumentation capable of detecting and triggering on ionizing radiation in high-rate particle physics experiments at colliding-beam and fixed-target accelerator facilities and for spacecraft-borne instrumentation in astrophysics has led to the development of new tracking technologies. One of these, scintillating fiber tracking, combines the speed and efficiency of a scintillation detector with the flexibility and hermeticity afforded by fiber technology. A paradigm for a fiber-tracking detector that utilizes organic plastic fibers read out with visible-light photon counters is presented and critiqued. Alternate strategies are considered, and an overview of recent experimental applications is provided.

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“…When particles pass through the central track subdetectors, the plastic scintillators transform a small fraction of the deposited energy into visible light. About 100 000 optical waveguides deliver this light to visible light photon counters (VLPCs) [10], [11]. The VLPCs are light-sensitive solid-state photo-multipliers that convert the light into electrical signals.…”

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The central track trigger of the DO experiment

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Anderson²,

Angstadt³

et al. 2003

2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium. Conference Record (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37515)

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The general purpose DØ collider detector, located at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, is operated in the high luminosity cm s and high-collision-rate environment (396 ns between beam crossings) of the upgraded Tevatron proton anti-proton accelerator. DØ uses a three-tiered trigger system to select events for offline storage and analysis. This paper describes the architecture and performance of the DØ central track trigger (CTT) system based on the new central fiber tracker, central preshower and forward preshower detectors, with emphasis on the interface to and integration with the second tier L2 Trigger system.

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First Large Sample Study of Visible Light Photon Counters (VLPC's)

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Novel Semiconductor Single-Photon Detectors

The Use of Scintillating Fibers for Charged-Particle Tracking

The central track trigger of the DO experiment

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