Development of a Fast Timing Counter with a Monolithic MPPC Array

We developed a timing counter with a monolithic array of multi-pixel photon counters (MPPCs) coupled to a 10 ×12.6 ×24 mm 3 plastic scintillator. A signal of the MPPC was processed and its fast components were amplified by a developed readout circuit to improve the timing. The performances of the co...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on nuclear science 2014-06, Vol.61 (3), p.1278-1283
Main Authors: Nishizawa, T., Fujii, Y., Kanda, H., Kaneta, M., Kasai, Y., Kusaka, J., Maeda, K., Nagao, S., Nakamura, S. N., Tsukada, K., Yamamoto, F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analog circuits
Arrays
multipixel photon counters (MPPCs)
Photonics
Plastics
Radiation detectors
Scintillation counters
silicon photomultipliers (SiPM)
time resolution
Timing
Voltage measurement
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Summary:We developed a timing counter with a monolithic array of multi-pixel photon counters (MPPCs) coupled to a 10 ×12.6 ×24 mm 3 plastic scintillator. A signal of the MPPC was processed and its fast components were amplified by a developed readout circuit to improve the timing. The performances of the counter were evaluated by electrons with energies of 855 MeV. A set of the MPPC based scintillation counter and a PMT based reference counter achieved the TOF resolution less than 80 ps ( σ). The gain was almost constant up to the count rate of 170 kHz.
ISSN:0018-9499
1558-1578
DOI:10.1109/TNS.2014.2321657