Test of scintillator readout with single photon avalanche photodiodes

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3040-3046

  Finocchiaro, P ^a   Campisi, A ^a   Corso, D ^c   Cosentino, L ^a   Fallica, G ^d   Lombardo, S ^c   Mazzillo, M ^d   Musumeci, F ^a,b   Piazza, A ^c   Privitera, G ^a,b   Privitera, S ^a,b   Rimini, E ^c   Sanfilippo, D ^d   Sciacca, E ^c   Scordino, A ^a,b   Tudisco, S ^a,b  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c CMR IMM   (Italy)

^d STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes; Photo multipliers; Photodetectors; Scintillation detectors; Timing

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; OPTICAL DEVICES; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SENSORS; SILICON;

MICROOPTICAL COMPONENTS; PHOTO-MULTIPLIERS; SILICON PLANAR TECHNOLOGY;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 33144475231     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.862912     Document Type: Conference Paper

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