Development of a Fast Timing Counter with a Monolithic MPPC Array

Author

Nishizawa, T. ; Fujii, Yuka ; Kanda, H. ; Kaneta, M. ; Kasai, Y. ; Kusaka, Junya ; Maeda, Kumiko ; Nagao, Shijo ; Nakamura, S.N. ; Tsukada, Keiji ; Yamamoto, Fumihiko

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan

Volume

61

Issue

3

fYear

2014

fDate

Jun-14

Firstpage

1278

Lastpage

1283

Abstract

We developed a timing counter with a monolithic array of multi-pixel photon counters (MPPCs) coupled to a 10 ×12.6 ×24 mm³ plastic scintillator. A signal of the MPPC was processed and its fast components were amplified by a developed readout circuit to improve the timing. The performances of the counter were evaluated by electrons with energies of 855 MeV. A set of the MPPC based scintillation counter and a PMT based reference counter achieved the TOF resolution less than 80 ps ( σ). The gain was almost constant up to the count rate of 170 kHz.

Keywords

nuclear electronics; photon counting; position sensitive particle detectors; readout electronics; semiconductor counters; solid scintillation detectors; MPPC based scintillation counter; MPPC signal; PMT based reference counter; TOF resolution; count rate; counter performances; electron energy evaluation; electron volt energy 855 MeV; fast components; fast timing counter development; frequency 170 kHz; monolithic MPPC array; multipixel photon counter monolithic array; plastic scintillator; readout circuit; Arrays; Photonics; Plastics; Radiation detectors; Scintillation counters; Timing; Voltage measurement; Analog circuits; multipixel photon counters (MPPCs); scintillation counters; silicon photomultipliers (SiPM); time resolution;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2014.2321657

Filename

6825939