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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Silicon Photomultiplier"”.
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A compact neutron spectrometer for detecting neutrons produced by cosmic rays
… cm3 ) EJ-276 plastic scintillator coupled to a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) has been designed, constructed and characterised with neutrons up to 62.5 MeV at the UCT n-lab, IRSN AMANDE and iThemba LABS fast neutron facilities. The compact detector displays good quality pulse shape …
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Development and Evaluation of a Potentially Wearable Device for Circulating Cell Monitoring
… human use, featuring a compact laser diode and silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) to enhance portability and functionality. The device includes a specialized optical system similar to a fluorescent microscope, which optimizes the signal- to-noise ratio by maximizing cellular fluorescence and …
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ADVANCED CMOS SINGLE-PHOTON IMAGER ARCHITECTURES FOR QUANTUM AND SCIENTIFIC IMAGING APPLICATIONS
… Converters (TDCs) and a distributed digital Silicon PhotoMultiplier (d2SiPM) mechanism to ensure robust 3D imaging in harsh, high-ambient-light environments. Collectively, these contributions demonstrate a shift toward "smart" focal plane arrays that alleviate back-end computational burdens …
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Electronic interfaces for biophotonics data capture
… for biophotonics data capture, featuring a Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) as the primary sensing component. The SiPM is uniquely suited for high-sensitivity, in-vivo cancer tumour detection biophotonics applications due to its high dynamic range, enabling detection of optical power levels as …
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Silicon Photomultipliers as Free Space Optical Communication Sensors
… higher sensitivities may be achieved by using a Silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) as a receive optical sensor. SiPMs are arrays of APDs operated in Geiger mode, characterized by nanosecond output pulses and gains in the order of 106 electrons per photon. This thesis proposes using a SiPM in a 2x2 …
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High-Performance CMOS Front-End ASICs for SiPM Detectors and High-Frequency Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging
Silicon photomultiplier (SiPM), as a high sensitivity photon detector, has been widely used in high energy physics, positron emission tomography imaging, and light detection and ranging applications. The slow-rising edge of standard SiPM signal, however, makes the timing measurement sensitive to …
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High Capacity VCSEL Array Based Optical Wireless Links
… Equalization (DFE) over a 3 m link, using a Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) receiver. The novel multibeam VCSEL array based-OWC transmitter is demonstrated to enhance the channel capacity Three 20 cm × 20 cm square cells are shown on the receiver surface with low interference to adjacent …
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Data processing for 3D time of flight depth imaging
… system utilised a bespoke 16x1 monolithic SiPM (Silicon Photomultiplier) sensor array and included the control of a mechanical scanner providing imaging with an angle of view of 80° in the X direction and 5° in the Y direction. Histogramming techniques were implemented to minimise the dead time …
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PARTICLE SCINTILLATING TRACKERS: DESIGN AND READ-OUT OF REAL-TIME, LARGE-AREA, HIGHLY SEGMENTED DETECTORS
… out and the results were presented. The use of Silicon photomultiplier replacing a multi-anode Position Sensitive Photo-Multiplier (PSPM) array coupled to the fibers is also under consideration. The technological know-how acquired with the design, construction and characterization of the OFFSET3 …
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Design study of an organ-dedicated positron emission tomography system
… the crystal size is 1×1×20 mm3. The detector is silicon photomultiplier (SiPM), and the SiPM channel size is 3×3 mm2. A light guide is inserted between the LYSO and the SiPM for crystal identification, and the optimal light guide thickness is evaluated as 1.2 mm. The detector is cooled by a …
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Timing performance of FBK Silicon Photomultipliers for biomedical applications: ultimate time resolution and analysis of the avalanche build-up
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Innovative Methods for LEO Particle Experiments]{Innovative Methods and Instrumentation for Low-Energy Particle Experiments in Low-Earth Orbit Space Mission Analysis and Hardware R&D across the NUSES, CSES-Limadou and SPaRKLE Projects
… range and protons in the 30–300 MeV range with a silicon-pixel tracker and calorimeter architecture, targeting the measurement of radiation-belt particle precipitation, solar energetic particle (SEP) events, and galactic cosmic-ray modulation over the solar cycle. My contributions included …