Development of a fast timing counter with a monolithic MPPC array

T. Nishizawa; Yu Fujii; Hiroki Kanda; M. Kaneta; Y. Kasai; J. Kusaka; Kazushige Maeda; S. Nagao; S. N. Nakamura; Kyo Tsukada; F. Yamamoto

doi:10.1109/TNS.2014.2321657

Development of a fast timing counter with a monolithic MPPC array

T. Nishizawa, Yu Fujii, Hiroki Kanda, M. Kaneta, Y. Kasai, J. Kusaka, Kazushige Maeda, S. Nagao, S. N. Nakamura, Kyo Tsukada, F. Yamamoto

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We developed a timing counter with a monolithic array of multi-pixel photon counters (MPPCs) coupled to a 10×12.6×24 mm³ 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 (ω). The gain was almost constant up to the count rate of 170 kHz.

Original language	English
Article number	6825939
Pages (from-to)	1278-1283
Number of pages	6
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Volume	61
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2014.2321657
Publication status	Published - 2014 Jun

Keywords

Analog circuits
Multipixel photon counters (MPPCs)
Scintillation counters
Silicon photomultipliers (SiPM)
Time resolution

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Development of a fast timing counter with a monolithic MPPC array. / Nishizawa, T.; Fujii, Yu; Kanda, Hiroki; Kaneta, M.; Kasai, Y.; Kusaka, J.; Maeda, Kazushige; Nagao, S.; Nakamura, S. N.; Tsukada, Kyo; Yamamoto, F.

In: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 61, No. 3, 6825939, 06.2014, p. 1278-1283.

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