A method for characterizing after-pulsing and dark noise of PMTs and SiPMs

作者：Butcher A; Doria L; Monroe J; Retiere F^*; Smith B; Walding J

来源：Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment , 2017, 875: 87-91.

DOI：10.1016/j.nima.2017.08.035

• After-pulsing
• PMT
• SiPM
• Photo-detector
• Statistics

Photo-multiplier tubes (PMTs) and silicon photo-multipliers (SiPMs) are detectors sensitive to single photons that are widely used for the detection of scintillation and Cerenkov light in subatomic physics and medical imaging. This paper presents a method for characterizing two of the main noise sources that PMTs and SiPMs share: dark noise and correlated noise (after-pulsing). The proposed method allows for a model-independent measurement of the after-pulsing timing distribution and dark noise rate.

• 出版日期2017-12-11