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5. Detectors
Silicon Photodiodes Physics and Technology.
Various parameters used to characterize photodiodes will be introduced. The differences between photoconductive and photovoltaic modes of operation, and their relative merits and limitations will be pointed out to enable users of silicon photodiodes to make an intelligent choice.
Various parameters used to characterize photodiodes will be introduced. The differences between photoconductive and photovoltaic modes of operation, and their relative merits and limitations will be pointed out to enable users of silicon photodiodes to make an intelligent choice.
UDT Sensors, Inc. App Note no. 2, April 1982
Last access: 23.08.2025
Photomultiplier Tubes. Basics and Applications.
Fundamentals of radiation measurements with photomultiplier tubes; electronic circuits; single photon measurement; microchannel plates; applications.
Fundamentals of radiation measurements with photomultiplier tubes; electronic circuits; single photon measurement; microchannel plates; applications.
Author: Toshikazu Hakamata and Editorial Committee, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Japan. Edition 3a, 2007, 323 pp.
Last access: 23.08.2025
Photomultiplier Handbook (PMT-62).
Design, characteristics and applications of photomultiplier tubes; photometric and radiometric principles.
Design, characteristics and applications of photomultiplier tubes; photometric and radiometric principles.
Author: R W. Engstrom, RCA Electro-Optics and Devices, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, 1980; Burle Industries, Pennsylvania, USA, 1986. 179 pp.
Last access: 23.08.2025
RCA Photomultiplier Manual PT61.
Design, characteristics and applications of photomultiplier tubes; photometric and radiometric principles.
Design, characteristics and applications of photomultiplier tubes; photometric and radiometric principles.
Publisher: RCA Electro-Optics and Devices, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, 1970. 193 pp.
Last access: 23.08.2025
Guide to detector selection.
Choosing a detector requires evaluating many operating parameters and desired outcomes. This introduction provides a series of guideposts that will help lead the way to the right one.
Choosing a detector requires evaluating many operating parameters and desired outcomes. This introduction provides a series of guideposts that will help lead the way to the right one.
Author: Earl Hergert. Publisher: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Japan, 2016.
URL: https://hub.hamamatsu.com/us/en/technical-notes/detector-selection/guide-to-detector-selection.html
Last access: 23.08.2025
The WITS$ guide to selecting a photodetector.
The process of selecting an appropriate photodetector among a photomultiplier tube (PMT), photodiode (PD), avalanche photodiode (APD), and silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) may seem taxing and confusing. This article provides qualitative and quantitative guidance to the selection process based on the WITS$ approach: Wavelength, Intensity, Time characteristics, Spatial characteristics, and cost ($).
The process of selecting an appropriate photodetector among a photomultiplier tube (PMT), photodiode (PD), avalanche photodiode (APD), and silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) may seem taxing and confusing. This article provides qualitative and quantitative guidance to the selection process based on the WITS$ approach: Wavelength, Intensity, Time characteristics, Spatial characteristics, and cost ($).
Authors: Earl Hergert & Slawomir Piatek. Publisher: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Japan, 2016.
Last access: 23.08.2025
What is an SiPM and how does it work?
This technical note provides descriptions on various aspects of silicon photomultipliers, including how they work, their basic structure, and characteristics such as photon detection efficiency, gain, breakdown voltage, and optical crosstalk.
This technical note provides descriptions on various aspects of silicon photomultipliers, including how they work, their basic structure, and characteristics such as photon detection efficiency, gain, breakdown voltage, and optical crosstalk.
Autor: Slawomir Piatek. Verlag: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Japan, 2016.
URL: https://hub.hamamatsu.com/us/en/technical-notes/mppc-sipms/what-is-an-SiPM-and-how-does-it-work.html
Letzter Zugriff: 23.08.2025
A technical guide to silicon photomultipliers (MPPC) - Overview.
This extensive guide to MPPCs describes the device's operating principle, its performance parameters, and how to measure various characteristics such as gain, breakdown voltage, photon detection efficiency, and linearity.
This extensive guide to MPPCs describes the device's operating principle, its performance parameters, and how to measure various characteristics such as gain, breakdown voltage, photon detection efficiency, and linearity.
Authors: Ardavan Ghassemi, Kota Kobayashi & Kenichi Sato. Publisher: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Japan, 2018.
Last access: 23.08.2025
