A saturation calibration of Hamamatsu’s multi-pixel photon counter

A saturation calibration of Hamamatsu’s multi-pixel photon counter

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A relative calibration of the Fine-Grained Detector (FGD) in the T2K experiment is presented, with emphasis on the saturation calibration effects in Hamamatsu's multi-pixel photon counters (MPPCs). The calibration is produced on a test bed with a Hamamatsu Pico-Second Pulsed laser, on a small m...

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Main Author: Hastings, Simon Philip
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27793
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spelling ndltd-UBC-oai-circle.library.ubc.ca-2429-277932018-01-05T17:24:32Z A saturation calibration of Hamamatsu’s multi-pixel photon counter Hastings, Simon Philip A relative calibration of the Fine-Grained Detector (FGD) in the T2K experiment is presented, with emphasis on the saturation calibration effects in Hamamatsu's multi-pixel photon counters (MPPCs). The calibration is produced on a test bed with a Hamamatsu Pico-Second Pulsed laser, on a small model of the FGD on a sample of fibers and MPPCs. The wavelength shifting fiber-MPPC complex used in the FGD is found to have an effective pixel count of 518, and to exhibit an effective after-pulsing and crosstalk fraction of 1.6% when measured between 0.6 and 0.9 Volts over-voltage (V OV). Science, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Graduate 2010-08-25T20:31:32Z 2010-08-25T20:31:32Z 2010 2010-11 Text Thesis/Dissertation http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27793 eng Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ University of British Columbia
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description A relative calibration of the Fine-Grained Detector (FGD) in the T2K experiment is presented, with emphasis on the saturation calibration effects in Hamamatsu's multi-pixel photon counters (MPPCs). The calibration is produced on a test bed with a Hamamatsu Pico-Second Pulsed laser, on a small model of the FGD on a sample of fibers and MPPCs. The wavelength shifting fiber-MPPC complex used in the FGD is found to have an effective pixel count of 518, and to exhibit an effective after-pulsing and crosstalk fraction of 1.6% when measured between 0.6 and 0.9 Volts over-voltage (V OV). === Science, Faculty of === Physics and Astronomy, Department of === Graduate
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A saturation calibration of Hamamatsu’s multi-pixel photon counter
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title A saturation calibration of Hamamatsu’s multi-pixel photon counter
title_short A saturation calibration of Hamamatsu’s multi-pixel photon counter
title_full A saturation calibration of Hamamatsu’s multi-pixel photon counter
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