Comparative studies of silicon photomultipliers and traditional vacuum photomultiplier tubes  

作　　者：石峰 吕军光 卢红 王焕玉 马宇蒨 胡涛 周莉 蔡啸 孙丽君 俞伯祥 方建 谢宇广 安正华 王志刚 高旻 李新乔 徐岩冰 王平 孙希磊 章爱武 薛镇 刘宏邦 王晓东 赵小芸 郑阳恒 孟祥承 王辉 

机构地区：[1]Institute of High Energy Physics,CAS [2]Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences [3]University of Science and Technology of China [4]Shanxi University

出　　处：《Chinese Physics C》2011年第1期50-55,共6页中国物理C（英文版）

基　　金：Supported by National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2007AA12Z133)

摘　　要：Silicon photomultipliers （SiPMs） are a new generation of semiconductor-based photon counting devices with the merits of low weight, low power consumption and low voltage operation, promising to meet the needs of space particle physics experiments. In this paper, comparative studies of SiPMs and traditional vacuum photomultiplier tubes （PMTs） have been performed regarding the basic properties of dark currents, dark counts and excess noise factors. The intrinsic optical erosstalk effect of SiPMs was evaluated.Silicon photomultipliers （SiPMs） are a new generation of semiconductor-based photon counting devices with the merits of low weight, low power consumption and low voltage operation, promising to meet the needs of space particle physics experiments. In this paper, comparative studies of SiPMs and traditional vacuum photomultiplier tubes （PMTs） have been performed regarding the basic properties of dark currents, dark counts and excess noise factors. The intrinsic optical erosstalk effect of SiPMs was evaluated.

关 键 词：silicon photomultiplier SIPM PMT dark current dark counts excess noise factor 

分 类 号：TN152[电子电信—物理电子学] TK264.11[动力工程及工程热物理—动力机械及工程]