Visible light photon counters for detecting very low level light

Muzaffer Atac

doi:10.1117/12.161930

22 October 1993 Visible light photon counters for detecting very low level light

Muzaffer Atac

Proceedings Volume 2007, Scintillating Fiber Technology and Applications; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161930
Event: SPIE's 1993 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1993, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Visible Light Photon Counters (VLPCs), which were produced by Rockwell International Science Center for UCLA, can detect visible light down to the single photon level with a quantum efficiency approaching 80%. They were produced for the SSC Laboratory for a proposed scintillating fiber tracking detector. The VLPCs were tested and characterized at Rockwell and UCLA. They have better than 3 ns time resolution, and demonstrate count rate capabilities on the order of 3 X 10⁷ mm^-2s^-1. Some test results, characteristics of the VLPCs, and applications will be discussed.

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Muzaffer Atac "Visible light photon counters for detecting very low level light", Proc. SPIE 2007, Scintillating Fiber Technology and Applications, (22 October 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161930

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