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The solid state photomultiplier: status of photon counting beyond the near-infrared
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Petroff, M. D. Laviolette, R. A. Stapelbroek, M. G. Hays, K. M. |
| Copyright Year | 1989 |
| Description | Rockwell International's Solid State Photomultiplier (SSPM) is an impurity-band avalanche device which can count individual photons with wavelengths between 0.4 and 28 micrometers. Its response to a photon is a pulse of between 10(exp 4) and 10(exp 5) conduction electrons, making it an important device for use in phenomenology. The characteristics of the SSPM make it a potentially important device for use in astronomical applications. Contract NAS2-12400 was initiated in June 1986 to conduct modeling and characterization studies of the SSPM to provide a basis for assessing its use in astronomical systems. Some SSPM models and results of measurements which characterize the group of SSPMs recently fabricated on this contract are discussed. |
| File Size | 579889 |
| Page Count | 22 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19900012003 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t70w3cs34 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1989-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Characterization Fabrication Solid State Avalanche Diodes Photomultiplier Tubes Conduction Electrons Photons Astronomy Counting Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
