Enhanced blue-light sensitivity P on N Silicon Photomultipliers

Author

Mazzillo, Massimo ; Abbisso, Salvatore ; Condorelli, Giovanni ; Sanfilippo, Delfo ; Valvo, Giusy ; Carbone, Beatrice ; Piana, Angelo ; Fallica, Giorgio ; Ronzhin, Anatoly ; Los, Sergey ; Zatserklyaniy, Andriy ; Ramberg, Erik

Author_Institution

R&D, STMicroelectron., Catania, Italy

fYear

2011

fDate

23-29 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

538

Lastpage

543

Abstract

Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) have known a fast development in recent years, due to their excellent single photon detection capability and very fast timing response. In this paper we present the results of the electro-optical characterization performed on the first STMicroelectronics P on N SiPMs prototypes properly designed for their possible application in Positron Emission Tomography (PET). We will show that the performances of the new devices are extremely promising in terms of high photon detection efficiency and fast timing response in blue wavelength range.

Keywords

photomultipliers; positron emission tomography; silicon radiation detectors; STMicroelectronics; SiPMs prototypes; blue wavelength range; electro-optical characterization; enhanced blue-light sensitivity; fast timing response; high photon detection efficiency; positron emission tomography; silicon photomultipliers; single photon detection; Atmospheric measurements; Particle measurements; Performance evaluation; Photomultipliers; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Valencia

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0118-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6154108

Filename

6154108