Vacuum ultra-violet and ultra-violet scintillation light detection by means of silicon photomultipliers at cryogenic temperature

• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2014.12.006
• Publication Date: 2014-12-10T16:35:56Z
• Authors: A. Falcone; R. Bertoni; F. Boffelli; M. Bonesini; T. Cervi; A. Menegolli; C. Montanari; M.C. Prata; A. Rappoldi; G.L. Raselli; M. Rossella; M. Simonetta; M. Spanu; M. Torti; A. Zani
• Keywords: Silicon Photomultiplier; Ultra violet; Liquid nitrogen

Abstract We tested the performance of two types of silicon photomultipliers, AdvanSiD ASD-NUV-SiPM3S-P and Hamamatsu 3×3 MM-50 UM VUV2, both at room (300 K) and at liquid nitrogen (77 K) temperature: breakdown voltage, quenching resistance, signal shape, gain and dark counts rate have been studied as function of temperature. The response of the devices to ultra-violet light is also studied.