An Educational Kit Based on a Modular Silicon Photomultiplier System

作者：V. Arosio, M. Caccia, V. Chmill, A. Ebolese, A. Martemiyanov, Fabio Risigo, R. Santoro, Marco Locatelli, M. Pieracci, C. Tintori · 发表于：arXiv (Cornell University) · 年份：2013 · DOI：10.48550/arxiv.1308.3622 · 被引用次数：9 · 研究领域：Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies、Particle Detector Development and Performance、Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies

Silicon Photo-Multipliers (SiPM) are state of the art light detectors with unprecedented single photon sensitivity and photon number resolving capability, representing a breakthrough in several fundamental and applied Science domains. An educational experiment based on a SiPM set-up is proposed in this article, guiding the student towards a comprehensive knowledge of this sensor technology while experiencing the quantum nature of light and exploring the statistical properties of the light pulses emitted by a LED.