Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1831173 Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 2006 4 Pages PDF
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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