Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1831173 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment | 2006 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A new avalanche detector concept is presented that promises very high (close to 100%) quantum efficiency. Integrating the structure into the centre of a drift diode one obtains a large area device that focuses the photoelectron onto a small “point-like” avalanche region. Such a device can be used as building block for a “silicon photomultiplier”. Implementing the structure into the output node of a pnCCD a pixel detector sensitive to single optical photons can be constructed.
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Authors
G. Lutz, P. Holl, M. Laatiaoui, C. Merck, H.G. Moser, N. Otte, R.H. Richter, L. Strüder,