Thermal and electrical characterization of silicon photomultiplier

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1686-1690

  Petasecca, M ^a,b,c   Alpat, B ^a   Ambrosi, G ^a   Azzarello, P ^a   Battiston, R ^a   Ionica, M ^a   Papi, A ^a   Pignatel, G U ^a,b   Haino, S ^a  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c MAPRAD Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Photodiode; Silicon photomultiplier; Thermal characteristics

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); LEAKAGE CURRENTS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; SNOW; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

DARK RATE; DESIGN OPTIONS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; GEIGER MODES; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

EID: 45849135663     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.922220     Document Type: Conference Paper

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