We report on Signal to Noise Ratio measurements carried out, in the continuous wave regime, at different bias voltages, frequencies and temperatures, on a novel class of silicon photomultipliers fabricated in planar technology on silicon p-type substrate. Signal to Noise Ratio has been measured as the ratio of the photogenerated current, filtered and averaged by a lock-in amplifier, and the Root Mean Square deviation of the same current. The measured noise takes into account the shot noise, resulting from the photocurrent and the dark current. We have also performed a comparison between our SiPMs and a photomultiplier tube in terms of Signal to Noise Ratio, as a function of the temperature of the SiPM package and at different bias voltages. Our results show the outstanding performance of this novel class of SiPMs even without the need of any cooling system.
Adamo, G., Agro', D., Stivala, S., Parisi, A., Tomasino, A., Curcio, L., et al. (2014). Signal to Noise Ratio of Silicon Photomultipliers: a study in the Continuous Wave Regime. In Proceedings of Photonics North 2014.
Signal to Noise Ratio of Silicon Photomultipliers: a study in the Continuous Wave Regime
ADAMO, Gabriele;AGRO', Diego;STIVALA, Salvatore;PARISI, Antonino;TOMASINO, Alessandro;CURCIO, Luciano;PERNICE, Riccardo;GIACONIA, Giuseppe Costantino;BUSACCA, Alessandro;
2014-01-01
Abstract
We report on Signal to Noise Ratio measurements carried out, in the continuous wave regime, at different bias voltages, frequencies and temperatures, on a novel class of silicon photomultipliers fabricated in planar technology on silicon p-type substrate. Signal to Noise Ratio has been measured as the ratio of the photogenerated current, filtered and averaged by a lock-in amplifier, and the Root Mean Square deviation of the same current. The measured noise takes into account the shot noise, resulting from the photocurrent and the dark current. We have also performed a comparison between our SiPMs and a photomultiplier tube in terms of Signal to Noise Ratio, as a function of the temperature of the SiPM package and at different bias voltages. Our results show the outstanding performance of this novel class of SiPMs even without the need of any cooling system.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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