Silicon photomultiplier technology at STMicroelectronics

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2434-2442

  Mazzillo, Massimo ^a   Condorelli, Giovanni ^a   Sanfilippo, Delfo ^a   Valvo, Giuseppina ^a   Carbone, Beatrice ^a   Fallica, Giorgio ^a   Billotta, Sergio ^b   Belluso, Massimiliano ^b   Bonanno, Giovanni ^b   Cosentino, Luigi ^c   Pappalardo, Alfio ^c   Finocchiaro, Paolo ^c  

^a STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^c INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crosstalk; Dark noise rate; Gain; Geiger mode avalanche photodiode; Linearity; Photon detection efficiency; Silicon photomultiplier

Indexed keywords

DARK NOISE RATE; GAIN; GEIGER MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; LINEARITY; PHOTON DETECTION EFFICIENCY; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; CROSSTALK; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LINEARIZATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODIODES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 69549113205     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2024418     Document Type: Conference Paper

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