کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1829505 | 1027460 | 2009 | 6 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
The needs of experiments in high-energy physics have been for many decades the stimulus for detector developments. For calorimetry, particle identification with ring image Cherenkov detectors, time-of-flight measurements, etc., sophisticated photosensors have been realized. Although photomultiplier tubes are a commercial product since 70 years, an impressive progress has been made recently. The bulky shape turned in a slim design and the quantum efficiency has been increased by almost a factor of 2. During the last 3 decades photodetectors made from semiconductor materials, photodiodes and avalanche photodiodes, have replaced in an increasing number the traditional photomultiplier tubes. The recently developed Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes with high sensitivity to single photons will accelerate this trend.
Journal: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment - Volume 598, Issue 1, 1 January 2009, Pages 207–212