Detection of Light Pulses Using an Avalanche-Photodiode Array with a Metal-Resistor-Semiconductor Structure

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 48 - Trang 355-363 - 2005
A. V. Akindinov1, G. B. Bondarenko2, K. G. Voloshin1, V. M. Golovin3, E. A. Grigoriev1, D. B. Mal’kevich1, A. N. Martemiyanov1, A. V. Smirnitskiy1
1Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia
2Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (State University), Moscow, Russia
3Center for Perspective Technologies and Apparatus, Moscow, Russia

Tóm tắt

The results from tests of avalanche-photodiode (APD) arrays with a metal-resistor-semiconductor (MRS) structure are presented. The photodiodes, having a working area of 1 × 1 mm2, operated in the Geiger mode. MRS APD arrays were tested using light-emitting diodes and as components of scintillation counters with dimensions of the plastic of 50 × 50 × 5 mm, in which light was collected with the help of a wavelength-shifting fiber. Tests of scintillation counters on particle beams of minimum ionizing particles have confirmed the high efficiency (∼13 photoelectrons) of the MRS APD. Their basic characteristics are compared to those of an XP2020 photomultiplier.

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