TY - GEN
T1 - Optical design considerations and constraints for implementation of silicon photomultiplier as a light sensor
AU - Osovizky, Alon
AU - Ginzburg, Dimitry
AU - Kopeika, Nathan
AU - Ifergan, Yair
AU - Ghelman, Max
AU - Cohen-Zada, Ilan
AU - Pushkarsky, Vitaly
AU - Marcus, Eli
AU - Manor, Avi
AU - Gonen, Ehud
AU - Mazor, Tzachi
AU - Kadmon, Yagil
AU - Cohen, Yossef
PY - 2010/12/1
Y1 - 2010/12/1
N2 - Silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) is a novel photosensor technology. This paper presents the design optimization process for implementing this technology in a scintillator based radiation detectors. The device provides the advantages of low current consumption, small dimensions, and high gain. These properties make the SiPM of great interest for applications involving portable instrumentation. However, a novel approach to establish a set of parameters and their limits is required to optimize performance of this new technology in radiation detection applications. The trade-offs and the influence of factors, such as Photon Detection Efficiency (PDE), dynamic range (DR), various scintillation crystal characteristics, and light reflecting materials, are discussed. This study investigated the incorporation of CsI(Tl) scintillation crystals with SiPM, based on measurements and results for different photo-coupling configurations and the obtained achievements are described. A method for evaluating the photon collection efficiency for Scintillator-SiPM based detectors is proposed.
AB - Silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) is a novel photosensor technology. This paper presents the design optimization process for implementing this technology in a scintillator based radiation detectors. The device provides the advantages of low current consumption, small dimensions, and high gain. These properties make the SiPM of great interest for applications involving portable instrumentation. However, a novel approach to establish a set of parameters and their limits is required to optimize performance of this new technology in radiation detection applications. The trade-offs and the influence of factors, such as Photon Detection Efficiency (PDE), dynamic range (DR), various scintillation crystal characteristics, and light reflecting materials, are discussed. This study investigated the incorporation of CsI(Tl) scintillation crystals with SiPM, based on measurements and results for different photo-coupling configurations and the obtained achievements are described. A method for evaluating the photon collection efficiency for Scintillator-SiPM based detectors is proposed.
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U2 - 10.1109/EEEI.2010.5662169
DO - 10.1109/EEEI.2010.5662169
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78651255003
SN - 9781424486809
T3 - 2010 IEEE 26th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2010
SP - 506
EP - 510
BT - 2010 IEEE 26th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2010
T2 - 2010 IEEE 26th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2010
Y2 - 17 November 2010 through 20 November 2010
ER -