Operation of Multi-Pixel Photon Counters Down to Liquid Helium Temperatures

Cardini, A.; Fanti, Viviana; Lai, A.

doi:10.1109/tns.2014.2357254

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“…In the temperature range between 20 K and 40 K, the increased afterpulsing probability caused self-sustaining afterpulsing processes, which narrowed the operational range to below 0.5 V. Below 15 K however, 𝑉 𝐼 >1 µA was observed to increase again. An explanation to this may be the increasing trapping time of the charge carriers with the decreasing temperature, a similar phenomenon already reported [22] at slightly higher (5 K) temperatures. With the resulting large delays in afterpulsing, the useful operational range is thus allowed to increase again, and the operation of the SiPM becomes possible with limited a overvoltage Δ𝑉 = 𝑉 bias − 𝑉 bd ∼ 2 V for 𝑇 < 15 K.…”

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Scintillation detectors with silicon photomultiplier readout in a dilution refrigerator at temperatures down to 0.2 K

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We are developing a novel high-brightness atomic beam, comprised of a two-body exotic atom called muonium (M = μ + + e -), for next-generation atomic physics and gravitational interaction measurements. This M source originates from a thin sheet of superfluid helium (SFHe), hence diagnostics and later measurements require a detection system which is operational in a dilution cryostat at temperatures below 1 K. In this paper, we describe the operation and characterization of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) at ultra-low temperatures in SFHe targets. We show the temperature dependence of the signal shape, breakdown voltage, and single photon detection efficiency, concluding that single photon detection with SiPMs below 0.85 K is feasible. Furthermore, we show the development of segmented scintillation detectors, where 16 channels at 1.7 K and one channel at 170 mK were commissioned using a muon beam.

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“…Below 15 K we suspect that the trapping and release of charge carriers has reached a long characteristic time constant, resulting in limited delayed afterpulses uncorrelated with the main pulse. The operating range thus increases again and the operation of the SiPM becomes possible again, however only with limited overvoltage Δ𝑉 = 𝑉 bias −𝑉 bd ∼ 2 V. A similar behaviour of SiPMs at low temperatures down to 5 K was already reported in [21].…”

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Scintillation detectors with silicon photomultiplier readout in a dilution refrigerator at temperatures down to 0.2 K

Zhang,

Goeldi,

Iwai

et al. 2022

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A: We are developing a novel high-brightness atomic beam, comprised of a two-body exotic atom called muonium (M = 𝜇 + + 𝑒 − ), for next-generation atomic physics and gravitational interaction measurements. This M source originates from a thin sheet of superfluid helium (SFHe), hence diagnostics and later measurements require a detection system which is operational in a dilution cryostat at temperatures below 1 K. In this paper, we describe the operation and characterization of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) at ultra-low temperatures in SFHe targets. We show the temperature dependence of the signal shape, breakdown voltage, and single photon detection efficiency, concluding that single photon detection with SiPMs below 0.85 K is feasible. Furthermore, we show the development of segmented scintillation detectors, where 16 channels at 1.7 K and one channel at 170 mK were commissioned using a muon beam.

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“…Few studies [3], [4] and [5] have already partially characterized SiPMs below liquid nitrogen temperatures. In this study, we characterized a commercially available SiPM in the temperature range from 6.5 K to 286 K.…”

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Characterization of Cryogenic SiPM Down to 6.5 K

Iwai

Sakurai

Antognini

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on New Photon-Detectors (PD18)

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SiPM operation at very low temperatures has the potential to improve detector systems for experiments at cryogenic temperatures. We characterized electrical and optical properties of a commercially available cryogenic SiPM over a temperature range of 6.5 K-286 K, such as breakdown voltage, quenching resistance, gain, pulse waveform, photon detection efficiency and dark count rate. We observed a non-linear temperature dependence of the breakdown voltage and a small change of the pulse waveform at low temperatures. The SiPM gain and maximum allowed overvoltage decrease at low temperatures, however, stable operation down to 6.5 K has been demonstrated. Furthermore, the feasibility of assembling a detector with a plastic scintillator was studied.

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Operation of Multi-Pixel Photon Counters Down to Liquid Helium Temperatures

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Scintillation detectors with silicon photomultiplier readout in a dilution refrigerator at temperatures down to 0.2 K

Scintillation detectors with silicon photomultiplier readout in a dilution refrigerator at temperatures down to 0.2 K

Scintillation detectors with silicon photomultiplier readout in a dilution refrigerator at temperatures down to 0.2 K

Characterization of Cryogenic SiPM Down to 6.5 K

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