Low light detection: PMT vs. SiPM

This webinar provides an unbiased overview of the technical aspects and applications of SiPMs and PMTs, the only two devices capable of detecting very low light levels despite their different technologies (solid state and vacuum tube). Each has a unique set of advantages over the other in various detection situations. This presentation begins with a description of the principles of operation of each device, followed by a side-by-side comparison of their major opto-electronic characteristics, and finally some examples of applications where one device would be favored over the other.

Slawomir S. Piatek, Ph.D., is a senior university lecturer of physics at New Jersey Institute of Technology. In his role as science consultant at Hamamatsu Corporation, he has developed a photonics training program for engineers and is involved in popularizing SiPM as a novel photodetector by writing and lecturing about the device.

This presentation was originally webcast by Laser Focus World on December 8, 2016.

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[christopherleubner]

PMTs are when you want the most amplification possible SiPMs are basically large arrays of avalanche photodiodes. These are best used for portable applications or where large arrays are being read out that do not need extreme sensitivity. One fun thing you can do with SiPMs is make a multiple pixel array and build a nuclear imager by isolating the scintillators and shielding each one and feeding the output to a FPGA ❤

[LinAhMaLe]

Thanks for sharing.
It's very useful.