On the limited amplitude resolution of multipixel Geiger-mode APDs

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Stoykov, A ^a,c   Muslenko, Y ^b,d   Kuznetsov, A ^c   Reucroft, S ^b   Swain, J ^b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Photon detectors for UV; Visible and IR photons (solid state); Visible and IR photons (solid state) (PIN diodes, APDs, Si PMTs, CCDs, EBCCDs etc); photon detectors for UV

Indexed keywords

GEIGER COUNTERS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTODETECTORS; PIXELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

ACTIVE PIXEL; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; GEIGER MODES; GEIGERMODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES (GAPD); MINIMUM VALUE; PHOTON DETECTOR; PIN DIODE; VISIBLE AND IR PHOTONS (SOLID-STATE);

PHOTONS;

EID: 34547298002     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/2/06/p06005     Document Type: Article

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