Characterization of the Hamamatsu VUV4 MPPCs for nEXO

Gallina, G.; Giampa, P.; Retière, F.; Kroeger, Jens; Zhang, G.; Ward, M.; Margetak, P.; Li, G.; Tsang, T.; Doria, L.; Kharusi, S. Al; Alfaris, M.; Anton, G.; Arnquist, I. J.; Badhrees, I.; Barbeau, P. S.; Beck, D.; Belov, V.; Bhatta, Trilochan; Blatchford, J. W.; Brodsky, J.; Brown, E.; Brunner, T.; Cao, G. F.; Cao, Liqiang; Cen, W. R.; Chambers, Claire; Charlebois, Serge A.; Chiu, M.; Cleveland, B. T.; Coon, Minor J.; Craycraft, A.; Dalmasson, J.; Daniels, T.; Darroch, L.; Daugherty, S. J.; Croix, A. De St.; Mesrobian-Kabakian, A. Der; DeVoe, R.; Dilling, J.; Ding, Yayun; Dolinski, M. J.; Dragone, A.; Echevers, J.; Elbeltagi, M.; Fabris, L.; Fairbank, D.; Fairbank, W. M.; Farine, J.; Feyzbakhsh, S.; Fontaine, R.; Gautam, P.; Giacomini, G.; Gornea, R.; Gratta, G.; Hansen, E. V.; Heffner, M.; Hoppe, E. W.; Hößl, J.; House, A.; Hughes, M.; Ito, Yuta; Iverson, A.; Jamil, A.; Jewell, M. J.; Jiang, Xin; Karelin, A.; Kaufman, L. J.; Kodroff, D.; Koffas, T.; Krücken, R.; Kuchenkov, A.; Kumar, Krishna; Lan, Y.; Larson, A. C.; Lenardo, B. G.; Leonard, D. S.; Li, S.; Li, Z.; Licciardi, C.; Lin, Yi-Hsuan; Lv, Pin; MacLellan, R.; McElroy, Thomas; Medina-Peregrina, M.; Michel, Thilo; Mong, B.; Moore, David C.; Murray, K.; Nakarmi, P.; Newby, J.; Ning, Z.; Njoya, O.; Nolet, F.; Nusair, O.; Odgers, K.; Odian, A.; Oriunno, M.; Orrell, J. L.; Ortega, G. S.; Ostrovskiy, I.; Overman, C.T.; Parent, Samuel; Piepke, A.; Pocar, A.; Pratte, J.‐F.; Qiu, Delong; Radeka, V.; Raguzin, Е.; Rescia, S.; Richman, M.; Robinson, A.; Rossignol, T.; Rowson, P. C.; Roy, N.; Saldanha, R.; Sangiorgio, S.; Skarpaas, K.; Soma, A. K.; St-Hilaire, G.; Stekhanov, V.; Stiegler, T.; Sun, XL; Tarka, M.; Todd, J.; Tolba, T.; Totev, T. I.; Tsang, R.; Vachon, F.; Veeraraghavan, V.; Visser, G.; Vuilleumier, J. L.; Wagenpfeil, M.; Walent, M.; Wang, Q.; Watkins, J.; Weber, M.; Wei, W.; Wen, L.; Wichoski, U.; Wu, Sen; Wu, Wei; Wu, Xiaomeng; Xia, Qi; Hong-jun, Yang; Yang, L.; Yen, Y.-R.; Zeldovich, O.; Zhao, J.; Zhou, Y.; Ziegler, T.

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“…The peak wavelength of the LAr scintillation light is 128 nm, i.e., in vacuum ultraviolet (VUV), where the efficiencies of currently available VUV-optimized photosensors are typically fairly low, reaching at most 15% [21] (for the most recent review of the VUV photon detector technology see also [22]). Therefore, an efficient wavelength shifter (WLS), a material which absorbs the VUV light and isotropically re-emits it at a longer wavelength, is needed to enable its detection with standard blue-sensitive photosensors: conventional photomultiplier tubes (PMT), silicon photomultipliers (SiPM) or avalanche photodiodes (APD).…”

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Wavelength Shifters for Applications in Liquid Argon Detectors

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Szelc

2020

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Wavelength shifters and their applications for liquid argon detectors have been a subject of extensive R&D procedures over the past decade. This work reviews the most recent results in this field. We compare the optical properties and usage details together with the associated challenges for various wavelength shifting solutions. We discuss the current status and potential future R&D directions for the main classes of wavelength shifters.

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Wavelength Shifters for Applications in Liquid Argon Detectors

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Szelc

2020

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“…For this reason, it was not possible to fully benefit from the timing potential in the past with photodetectors available at that time. However, recent developments in solid state photodetectors with internal gain for experiments using liquid xenon as scintillating material lead to the necessity of measuring light at the very short wavelength of 175 nm [32,33]. This has recently also made new aspects of exploiting cross-luminescence feasible.…”

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Exploiting Cross-Luminescence in BaF2 for Ultrafast Timing Applications Using Deep-Ultraviolet Sensitive HPK Silicon Photomultipliers

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Time resolution of scintillation-based detectors is becoming continuously more important, both for medical applications, especially in positron emission tomography (PET), and in high energy physics. This article is an initial study on exploiting the fast cross-luminescence emission in the inorganic BaF 2 scintillator with deep ultraviolet-sensitive silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) from Hamamatsu for precise timing in PET and HEP. Using small BaF 2 pixels optimized for timing read out by these photodetectors with a photon detection efficiency (PDE) of only about 15% in the desired 200 nm emission region, a coincidence time resolution (CTR) of 94 ± 5 ps full width at half maximum (FWHM) is achieved when coupling with air. This figure improves to 78 ± 4 ps FWHM when coupling the BaF 2 crystal with UV transparent optical grease, Viscasil, to the photodetector. This CTR performance obtained with BaF 2 is better than that measured with LYSO:Ce, a commonly used state-of-the-art inorganic scintillator in PET, when coupled to another Hamamatsu photodetector (S13360), having a PDE of 60% at 420 nm, with Meltmount. In view of the prospects in advancing technologies for ultraviolet sensitive SiPMs, with high PDE and single photon time resolution, and further advancements in producing high quality BaF 2 , one could imagine the development of sub-30 ps FWHM time-offlight-PET systems.

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“…To meet nEXO requirements, the SiPM PDE must be ≥ 15% [7] for liquid xenon scintillation wavelengths (174.8 ± 10.2 nm [11]). In this paper, the PDE was measured using a filtered pulsed Hamamatsu L11035 xenon flash lamp enabling measurements free from correlated avalanches [2]. The mean wavelength after filtering is 189 ± 7 nm.…”

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“…The breakdown voltage is defined as the bias voltage at which the SiPM single PE gain (or charge) is zero. 2 3.1 ± 0.2 V is the closest measured points for which the requirement on N CA is satisfied. At this over voltage and temperature the electronics noise was measured to be 0.064 PE.…”

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“…Thanks to the rapid evolution of signal processing and light source technologies, the field of light detection has enjoyed spectacular advancements over the last 10 years [1]. Silicon PhotoMultipliers (SiPMs) are an emerging and very promising technology that address the challenge of sensing, timing and quantifying low-light signals down to the single-photon level [2][3][4][5]. For these reasons, large-scale low-background cryogenic experiments, such as the next-generation Enriched Xenon Observatory experiment (nEXO) [6], are migrating to a SiPM-based light detection system [7][8][9].…”

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Characterisation of a new generation of VUV low-light sensors

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Retière

2020

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Silicon Photo-Multipliers (SiPMs) have emerged as a compelling photo-sensor solution over the course of the last decade. In contrast to the widely used Photomultiplier Tubes (PMTs), SiPMs are low-voltage powered, optimal for operation at cryogenic temperatures, and have low radioactivity levels with high gain stability over the time in operational conditions. For these reasons, large-scale low-background cryogenic experiments, such as the nextgeneration Enriched Xenon Observatory experiment (nEXO), are migrating to a SiPM-based light detection system. In this paper we report on the characterization of the Hamamatsu VUV4 (S/N: S13370-6152) Vacuum Ultra-Violet (VUV) sensitive Multi-Pixel Photon Counters (MPPC)s as part of the development of a solution for the detection of liquid xenon scintillation light for the nEXO experiment.

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Characterization of the Hamamatsu VUV4 MPPCs for nEXO

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Wavelength Shifters for Applications in Liquid Argon Detectors

Wavelength Shifters for Applications in Liquid Argon Detectors

Exploiting Cross-Luminescence in BaF2 for Ultrafast Timing Applications Using Deep-Ultraviolet Sensitive HPK Silicon Photomultipliers

Characterisation of a new generation of VUV low-light sensors

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