November 29, 2022 to December 2, 2022
Wang Center, Stony Brook University
US/Eastern timezone

Stimulated Light Emission of Silicon Photomulipiers Devices

Nov 30, 2022, 8:50 AM
20m
Lecture Hall 1 (Wang Center)

Lecture Hall 1

Wang Center

Contribution Talk WG7: Photon Detectors (incl. CCDs) WG7: Photon Detectors (incl. CCDs)

Speaker

D McCarthy (TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Description

Silicon PhotoMultipliers (SiPMs) are increasingly used in next-generation, large area particle physics experiments to achieve single-photon resolution [1, 2, 3]. An array of Single Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPADs) within the SiPM reacts to incident photons through an avalanche process that creates a measurable current flow. This avalanche process generates secondary photons which must be characterized to understand the correlated noise between SPADs (internal cross talk) and between SiPMs (external cross talk). We developed the Microscope for the Injection and Emission of Light (MIEL) to measure this emitted light both passively and through stimulated emission at cryogenic temperatures. Imaging and spectroscopy of the Hamamatsu VUV4, FBK VUV-HD, and DarkSide FBK SiPMs have been completed, and recent light emission characterization of a Photon to Digital Converter designed by U.Sherbrooke and implemented at Teledyne-DALSA will inform the design of next-generation backside illuminated (BSI) digital SiPMs.

References
[1] Falcone, A. et al. Cryogenic SiPM arrays for the DUNE photon detection system. Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. Sect. A 2021, 985, 164648.
[2] Carnesecchi, F Light detection in DarkSide-20k J. Instrum. 2020, 15, C03038.
[3] Gallina, G. et al. Characterization of the Hamamatsu VUV4 MPPCs for nEXO. Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. Sect. A 2019, 940, 371–379

Primary authors

A. De St. Croix (Department of Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada) D McCarthy (TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada) F Retière (Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada) G Gallina (Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA) J B McLaughlin (Department of Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, UK) J Martin (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK) K Raymond (School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada) L Xie (TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada) M Mahtab (TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada) M Patel (Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada) N Massacret (TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada) P Agnes (Department of Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, UK) P Margetak (TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada)

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