We report on the cryogenic characterization of Red Green Blue - High Density (RGB-HD) SiPMs developed at Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) as part of the DarkSide program of dark matter searches with liquid argon time projection chambers. A cryogenic setup was used to operate the SiPMs at varying temperatures and a custom data acquisition system and analysis software were used to precisely characterize the primary dark noise, the correlated noise, and the gain of the devices. We demonstrate that FBK RGB-HD SiPMs with low quenching resistance (RGB-HD-LRq) can be operated from 40K to 300K with gains in the range 10^5 to 10^6 and noise rates at a level of around 1 Hz/mm2.
Cryogenic Characterization of FBK RGB-HD SiPMs
Acerbi, Fabio;Ferri, Alessandro;Gola, Alberto Giacomo;Marcante, Marco;Paternoster, Giovanni;Piemonte, Claudio;Regazzoni, Veronica;Zappalà, Gaetano;
2017-01-01
Abstract
We report on the cryogenic characterization of Red Green Blue - High Density (RGB-HD) SiPMs developed at Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) as part of the DarkSide program of dark matter searches with liquid argon time projection chambers. A cryogenic setup was used to operate the SiPMs at varying temperatures and a custom data acquisition system and analysis software were used to precisely characterize the primary dark noise, the correlated noise, and the gain of the devices. We demonstrate that FBK RGB-HD SiPMs with low quenching resistance (RGB-HD-LRq) can be operated from 40K to 300K with gains in the range 10^5 to 10^6 and noise rates at a level of around 1 Hz/mm2.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.