Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989tidt.work...59h&link_type=abstract
In NASA, Ames Research Center, Proceedings of the Third Infrared Detector Technology Workshop p 59-80 (SEE N90-21313 14-35)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Counting, Photomultiplier Tubes, Photons, Solid State, Astronomy, Avalanche Diodes, Characterization, Conduction Electrons, Fabrication
Scientific paper
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.
Hays Kenneth M.
LaViolette Randall A.
Petroff Michael D.
Stapelbroek Maryn G.
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