A single-photon sensitive ebCMOS camera: The LUSIPHER prototype

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 648, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 266-274

  Barbier, R ^a,b   Cajgfinger, T ^a,b   Calabria, P ^a,b   Chabanat, E ^a,b   Chaize, D ^a,b   Depasse, P ^a,b   Doan, Q T ^a,b   Dominjon, A ^a,b   Guerin, C ^a,b   Houles, J ^a,b   Vagneron, L ^a,b   Baudot, J ^b,c   Dorokhov, A ^b,c   Dulinski, W ^b,c   Winter, M ^b,c   Kaiser, C T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d PHOTONIS   (France)

Author keywords

BSI CMOS; ebCMOS; Hybrid photon detector; Low light level imaging; Multi alkali cathode; Pixel CMOS; Point Spread Function; Single particle tracking; Single photon

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CATHODES; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRODES; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHOTONS;

EBCMOS; HYBRID PHOTON DETECTORS; LOW LIGHT LEVEL IMAGING; SINGLE PARTICLE TRACKING; SINGLE PHOTONS;

PARTICLE BEAMS;

EID: 80053576809     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2011.04.018     Document Type: Article

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