Characterization of a silicon photomultiplier for the Ultra-Fast Astronomy telescope

Siyang Li; George F. Smoot III

doi:10.1117/12.2528990

9 September 2019 Characterization of a silicon photomultiplier for the Ultra-Fast Astronomy telescope

Siyang Li, George F. Smoot III

Proceedings Volume 11115, UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes and Instruments: Innovative Technologies and Concepts IX; 111150A (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2528990
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2019, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In this study, we characterized the S13360-3050CS Multi-Pixel Photon Counter (MPPC), a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) manufactured by Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.. Measurements were obtained inside a light tight dark box using 365 nm, 400 nm, 525 nm, 660 nm, 720 nm, 810 nm, and 900 nm light-emitting diodes (LED) and the Citiroc 1A front-end evaluation system manufactured by Weeroc. At a 2.95V over voltage, we measured a dark count rate of 5.07×10⁵ counts per second at 26°C, crosstalk probability of 8.7%, photon detection efficiency of 36% at 400 nm, linear range of 1.8×10⁷ photons per second, and saturation at 5×10⁸ photons per second. The S13360- 3050CS MPPC is a candidate detector for the Ultra-Fast Astronomy (UFA) telescope which will characterize the optical sky in the millisecond to nanosecond timescales using two SiPM arrays operated in coincidence mounted on the 0.7 meter Nazarbayev University Transient Telescope at the Assy-Turgen Astrophysical Observatory (NUTTelA-TAO) located near Almaty, Kazakhstan. One objective of the UFA telescope will be to search for optical counterparts to fast radio bursts (FRB) that can be used to identify the origins of FRB and probe the epoch of reionization and baryonic matter in the interstellar and intergalactic mediums.

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Siyang Li and George F. Smoot III "Characterization of a silicon photomultiplier for the Ultra-Fast Astronomy telescope", Proc. SPIE 11115, UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes and Instruments: Innovative Technologies and Concepts IX, 111150A (9 September 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2528990

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