Development and study of the multi pixel photon counter
Development and study of the multi pixel photon counter
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DOI：
10.1016/j.nima.2007.08.020
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发表时间：
2007-10-21
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Yoshioka, T.
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作者：
Gomi, S.;Hano, H.;Yoshioka, T.
多像素光子计数器是一种新型的半导体光子传感器，由100-1600个微APD像素组成。MPPC具有增益高、光子探测效率高、成本低、耐磁场等特点。基本属性，如增益，暗噪声率和像素间串扰，已被测量与三个不同的样本，有100，400和1600像素。在750个样本的增益的变化，和一个像素内的增益和光子灵敏度的均匀性也进行了评估。实验结果表明，MPPC不仅在高能物理实验中，而且在医学工程系统中，都有令人满意的性能。(C)2007 Elsevier B. V.保留所有权利。
The Multi pixel Photon Counter is a novel semiconductor photon sensor which consist of 100-1600 micro APD pixels. Each piel works in limited Geiger mode with an inverse bias voltage around 80 V. The MPPC has many remarkable features such as high gain, large photon detection efficiency, low cost and tolerance for magnetic field. Fundamental properties, such as the gain, dark noise rate and inter-pixel cross-talk, have been measured with three different samples which have 100, 400, and 1600 pixels. Variation of the gain over 750 samples, and uniformity of the gain and photon sensitivity within one pixel are also evaluated. As the result of the tests, it is confirmed that the MPPC has satisfactory performance for many appplications, not only for high energy physics experiments but also for medical engineering systems. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.