The silicon photomultiplier: fundamentals and applications of a modern solid-state photon detector

S Gundacker, A Heering - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) is an established device of choice for a variety of
applications, eg in time of flight positron emission tomography (TOF-PET), lifetime …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding and simulating SiPMs

F Acerbi, S Gundacker - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics …, 2019 - Elsevier
The silicon-photomultiplier (SiPM) is becoming the device of choice for different applications,
for example in fast timing like in time of flight positron emission tomography (TOF-PET) and …

DarkSide-20k: A 20 tonne two-phase LAr TPC for direct dark matter detection at LNGS

CE Aalseth, F Acerbi, P Agnes… - The European Physical …, 2018 - Springer
Building on the successful experience in operating the DarkSide-50 detector, the DarkSide
Collaboration is going to construct DarkSide-20k, a direct WIMP search detector using a two …

Physics and technology of time-of-flight PET detectors

DR Schaart - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The imaging performance of clinical positron emission tomography (PET) systems has
evolved impressively during the last∼ 15 years. A main driver of these improvements has …

NUV-sensitive silicon photomultiplier technologies developed at Fondazione Bruno Kessler

A Gola, F Acerbi, M Capasso, M Marcante, A Mazzi… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Different applications require different customizations of silicon photomultiplier (SiPM)
technology. We present a review on the latest SiPM technologies developed at Fondazione …

Overview on the main parameters and technology of modern Silicon Photomultipliers

C Piemonte, A Gola - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, we give an overview of the main properties and technological implementation
of densely packed Single-photon Avalanche Diode arrays, which are commonly known as …

An outlook on future design of hybrid PET/MRI systems

H Zaidi, A Del Guerra - Medical physics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Early diagnosis and therapy increasingly operate at the cellular, molecular, or even at the
genetic level. As diagnostic techniques transition from the systems to the molecular level, the …

NUV-HD SiPMs with metal-filled trenches

S Merzi, SE Brunner, A Gola, A Inglese… - Journal of …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper we present the performance of a new SiPM that is sensitive to blue light and
features narrow metal-filled trenches placed in the area around the single-photon avalanche …

Simulation of silicon photomultiplier signals

S Seifert, HT Van Dam, J Huizenga… - … on Nuclear Science, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM), also referred to as multi-pixel photon counter (MPPC),
many Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes (GM-APDs) are connected in parallel so as to …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization and simulation of the response of Multi-Pixel Photon Counters to low light levels

A Vacheret, GJ Barker, M Dziewiecki… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2011 - Elsevier
The calorimeter, range detector and active target elements of the T2K near detectors rely on
the Hamamatsu Photonics Multi-Pixel Photon Counters (MPPCs) to detect scintillation light …