Timing optimization utilizing order statistics and multichannel digital silicon photomultipliers

We present an optimization technique utilizing order statistics with a multichannel digital silicon photomultiplier (MD-SiPM) for timing measurements. Accurate timing measurements are required by 3D rangefinding and time-of-flight positron emission tomography, to name a few applications. We have dem...

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Published inOptics letters Vol. 39; no. 3; p. 552
Main Authors Mandai, Shingo, Venialgo, Esteban, Charbon, Edoardo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.02.2014
Subjects
Optical Devices
Photons
Silicon
Time Factors
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Summary:We present an optimization technique utilizing order statistics with a multichannel digital silicon photomultiplier (MD-SiPM) for timing measurements. Accurate timing measurements are required by 3D rangefinding and time-of-flight positron emission tomography, to name a few applications. We have demonstrated the ability of the MD-SiPM to detect multiple photons, and we verified the advantage of detecting multiple photons assuming incoming photons follow a Gaussian distribution. We have also shown the advantage of utilizing multiple timestamps for estimating time-of-arrivals more accurately. This estimation technique can be widely available in various applications, which have a certain probability density function of incoming photons, such as a scintillator or a laser source.
ISSN:1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.39.000552