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View SchemaImaging with the invisible light
| Authors | R. Bellazzini, G. Spandre, A. Brez, M. Minuti, L. Baldini, L. Latronico, M. M. Massai, N. Omodei, M. Pesce-Rollins, C Sgró, M. Razzano, M. Pinchera, J. Bregeon, M. Kuss, A. Braem |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0703176 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0703176 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.nima.2007.07.098 10.1016/j.nima.2007.11.002 |
| Journal | Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A581:246-253,2007; Erratum-ibid.A585:105,2008 |
Abstract
We describe a UV photo-detector with single photon(electron) counting and imaging capability. It is based on a CsI photocathode, a GEM charge multiplier and a self triggering CMOS analog pixel chip with 105k pixels at 50 micron pitch. The single photoelectron produced by the absorption of a UV photon is drifted to and multiplied inside a single GEM hole. The coordinates of the GEM avalanche are reconstructed with high accuracy (4 micron rms) by the pixel chip. As a result the map of the GEM holes, arranged on a triangular pattern at 50micron pitch, is finely imaged.
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