Development of Multi-Pixel Photon Counters

Author

Gomi, S. ; Taguchi, M. ; Hano, H. ; Itoh, S. ; Kubota, T. ; Maeda, T. ; Mazuka, Y. ; Otono, H. ; Sano, E. ; Sudo, Y. ; Tsubokawa, T. ; Yamaoka, M. ; Yamazaki, H. ; Uozumi, S. ; Yoshioka, T. ; Iijima, Toru ; Kawagoe, K. ; Kim, S.H. ; Matsumura, T. ; Miyaba

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Kyoto Univ.

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 29 2006-Nov. 1 2006

Firstpage

1105

Lastpage

1111

Abstract

The multipixel photon counter (MPPC) is a newly developed photodetector with an excellent photon counting capability. It also has many attractive features such as small size, high gain, low operation voltage and power consumption, and capability of operating in magnetic fields and in room temperature. The basic performance of samples has been measured. A gain of ~10⁶ is achieved with a noise rate less than 500 kHz with 1 p.e. threshold, and cross-talk probability of less than 40% at room temperature. The photon detection efficiency for green light is twice or more that of the photomultiplier tubes. It is found that the basic performance of the MPPC is satisfactory for use in real experiments.

Keywords

low-power electronics; photodetectors; photon counting; semiconductor counters; cross-talk probability; low operation voltage; multipixel photon counters; noise rate; photodetector; photomultiplier tube; photon detection efficiency; power consumption; semiconductor device; Breakdown voltage; Capacitance; Counting circuits; Magnetic field measurement; Neutrino sources; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Photodetectors; Photomultipliers; Photonics; Physics; Photon detection; photon detection efficiency; semiconductor device;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2006. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0560-2

Electronic_ISBN

1095-7863

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.356040

Filename

4179194