Towards 10ps SPTR and Ultra-Low DCR in SiPMs Through the Combination of Microlenses and Photonic Crystals

Francesco Gramuglia, Myung Jae Lee, Esteban Venialgo, Claudio Bruschini, Edoardo Charbon

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    Abstract

    Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs), which emerged as all solid state, MRI compatible alternative to PMTs, can provide high miniaturization and increased timing performance. Large effort has been spent in improving the figures of merit of such devices (e.g. jitter, timing resolution, sensitivity, noise, etc.). In this paper we propose a novel approach relying on the combination of photonic crystals with microlens arrays, integrated on top of each SPAD cell in the SiPM, to collimate and focus the light generated by a scintillator, in order to improve the overall timing performance of the system so as to approach the 10ps target, while at the same time reducing the noise floor (Dark Count Rate).

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication2017 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2017 - Conference Proceedings
    Place of PublicationPiscataway, NJ, USA
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
    Number of pages3
    ISBN (Electronic)978-1-5386-2282-7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018
    Event2017 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2017 - Atlanta, United States
    Duration: 21 Oct 201728 Oct 2017

    Conference

    Conference2017 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2017
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityAtlanta
    Period21/10/1728/10/17

    Keywords

    • Collimator
    • Low Jitter
    • Low noise
    • MD-SiPM
    • Microlens
    • Photonic crystal
    • Scintillator
    • SPAD

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