VUV-Sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers for Xenon Scintillation Light Detection in nEXO

A. Jamil; T. Ziegler; P. Hufschmidt; G. Li; L. Lupin-Jimenez; T. Michel; I. Ostrovskiy; F. Retière; J. Schneider; M. Wagenpfeil; A. Alamre; J. B. Albert; G. Anton; I. J. Arnquist; I. Badhrees; P. S. Barbeau; D. Beck; V. Belov; T. Bhatta; F. Bourque; J. P. Brodsky; E. Brown; T. Brunner; A. Burenkov; G. F. Cao; L. Cao; W. R. Cen; C. Chambers; S. A. Charlebois; M. Chiu; B. Cleveland; M. Coon; M. Côté; A. Craycraft; W. Cree; J. Dalmasson; T. Daniels; L. Darroch; S. J. Daugherty; J. Daughhetee; S. Delaquis; A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian; R. DeVoe; J. Dilling; Y. Y. Ding; M. J. Dolinski; A. Dragone; J. Echevers; L. Fabris; D. Fairbank; W. Fairbank; J. Farine; S. Feyzbakhsh; R. Fontaine; D. Fudenberg; G. Gallina; G. Giacomini; R. Gornea; G. Gratta; E. V. Hansen; D. Harris; M. Hasan; M. Heffner; J. Hößl; E. W. Hoppe; A. House; M. Hughes; Y. Ito; A. Iverson; C. Jessiman; M. J. Jewell; X. S. Jiang; A. Karelin; L. J. Kaufman; T. Koffas; S. Kravitz; R. Krücken; A. Kuchenkov; K. S. Kumar; Y. Lan; A. Larson; D. S. Leonard; S. Li; Z. Li; C. Licciardi; Y. H. Lin; P. Lv; R. MacLellan; B. Mong; D. C. Moore; K. Murray; R. J. Newby; Z. Ning; O. Njoya; F. Nolet; O. Nusair; K. Odgers; A. Odian; M. Oriunno; J. L. Orrell; G. S. Ortega; C. T. Overman; S. Parent; A. Piepke; A. Pocar; J. F. Pratte; D. Qiu; V. Radeka; E. Raguzin; T. Rao; S. Rescia; A. Robinson; T. Rossignol; P. C. Rowson; N. Roy; R. Saldanha; S. Sangiorgio; S. Schmidt; A. Schubert; D. Sinclair; K. Skarpaas; A. K. Soma; G. St-Hilaire; V. Stekhanov; T. Stiegler; X. L. Sun; M. Tarka; J. Todd; T. Tolba; T. I. Totev; R. Tsang; T. Tsang; F. Vachon; B. Veenstra; V. Veeraraghavan; G. Visser; J. L. Vuilleumier; Q. Wang; J. Watkins; M. Weber; W. Wei; L. J. Wen; U. Wichoski; G. Wrede; S. X. Wu; W. H. Wu; Q. Xia; L. Yang; Y. R. Yen; O. Zeldovich; X. Zhang; J. Zhao; Y. Zhou

doi:10.1109/TNS.2018.2875668

VUV-Sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers for Xenon Scintillation Light Detection in nEXO

A. Jamil, T. Ziegler, P. Hufschmidt, G. Li, L. Lupin-Jimenez, T. Michel, I. Ostrovskiy, F. Retière, J. Schneider, M. Wagenpfeil, A. Alamre, J. B. Albert, G. Anton, I. J. Arnquist, I. Badhrees, P. S. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, T. Bhatta, F. BourqueJ. P. Brodsky, E. Brown, T. Brunner, A. Burenkov, G. F. Cao, L. Cao, W. R. Cen, C. Chambers, S. A. Charlebois, M. Chiu, B. Cleveland, M. Coon, M. Côté, A. Craycraft, W. Cree, J. Dalmasson, T. Daniels, L. Darroch, S. J. Daugherty, J. Daughhetee, S. Delaquis, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, R. DeVoe, J. Dilling, Y. Y. Ding, M. J. Dolinski, A. Dragone, J. Echevers, L. Fabris, D. Fairbank, W. Fairbank, J. Farine, S. Feyzbakhsh, R. Fontaine, D. Fudenberg, G. Gallina, G. Giacomini, R. Gornea, G. Gratta, E. V. Hansen, D. Harris, M. Hasan, M. Heffner, J. Hößl, E. W. Hoppe, A. House, M. Hughes, Y. Ito, A. Iverson, C. Jessiman, M. J. Jewell, X. S. Jiang, A. Karelin, L. J. Kaufman, T. Koffas, S. Kravitz, R. Krücken, A. Kuchenkov, K. S. Kumar, Y. Lan, A. Larson, D. S. Leonard, S. Li, Z. Li, C. Licciardi, Y. H. Lin, P. Lv, R. MacLellan, B. Mong, D. C. Moore, K. Murray, R. J. Newby, Z. Ning, O. Njoya, F. Nolet, O. Nusair, K. Odgers, A. Odian, M. Oriunno, J. L. Orrell, G. S. Ortega, C. T. Overman, S. Parent, A. Piepke, A. Pocar, J. F. Pratte, D. Qiu, V. Radeka, E. Raguzin, T. Rao, S. Rescia, A. Robinson, T. Rossignol, P. C. Rowson, N. Roy, R. Saldanha, S. Sangiorgio, S. Schmidt, A. Schubert, D. Sinclair, K. Skarpaas, A. K. Soma, G. St-Hilaire, V. Stekhanov, T. Stiegler, X. L. Sun, M. Tarka, J. Todd, T. Tolba, T. I. Totev, R. Tsang, T. Tsang, F. Vachon, B. Veenstra, V. Veeraraghavan, G. Visser, J. L. Vuilleumier, Q. Wang, J. Watkins, M. Weber, W. Wei, L. J. Wen, U. Wichoski, G. Wrede, S. X. Wu, W. H. Wu, Q. Xia, L. Yang, Y. R. Yen, O. Zeldovich, X. Zhang, J. Zhao, Y. Zhou

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Future ton-scale liquefied noble gas detectors depend on efficient light detection in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) range. In the past years, silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) have emerged as a valid alternative to standard photomultiplier tubes or large-area avalanche photodiodes. The next-generation double-beta decay experiment, nEXO, with a 5-ton liquid xenon time projection chamber will use SiPMs for detecting the 175-nm xenon scintillation light, in order to achieve an energy resolution of σ/Q_ββ = 1%. This paper presents recent measurements of the VUV-HD generation SiPMs from Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy, in two complementary setups. It includes measurements of the photon-detection efficiency (PDE) with gaseous xenon scintillation light in a vacuum setup and dark measurements in a dry nitrogen gas setup. We report improved PDE at 175 nm compared to previous generation devices that would meet the criteria of nEXO. Furthermore, we present the projected nEXO detector light collection and energy resolution that could be achieved by using these SiPMs.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	8490731
Pages (from-to)	2823-2833
Number of pages	11
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Volume	65
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2018.2875668
State	Published - Nov 2018

Keywords

nEXO
photodetectors
silicon photomultiplier
vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) light
xenon detectors

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Jamil, A., Ziegler, T., Hufschmidt, P., Li, G., Lupin-Jimenez, L., Michel, T., Ostrovskiy, I., Retière, F., Schneider, J., Wagenpfeil, M., Alamre, A., Albert, J. B., Anton, G., Arnquist, I. J., Badhrees, I., Barbeau, P. S., Beck, D., Belov, V., Bhatta, T., ... Zhou, Y. (2018). VUV-Sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers for Xenon Scintillation Light Detection in nEXO. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 65(11), 2823-2833. Article 8490731. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2018.2875668

Jamil, A, Ziegler, T, Hufschmidt, P, Li, G, Lupin-Jimenez, L, Michel, T, Ostrovskiy, I, Retière, F, Schneider, J, Wagenpfeil, M, Alamre, A, Albert, JB, Anton, G, Arnquist, IJ, Badhrees, I, Barbeau, PS, Beck, D, Belov, V, Bhatta, T, Bourque, F, Brodsky, JP, Brown, E, Brunner, T, Burenkov, A, Cao, GF, Cao, L, Cen, WR, Chambers, C, Charlebois, SA, Chiu, M, Cleveland, B, Coon, M, Côté, M, Craycraft, A, Cree, W, Dalmasson, J, Daniels, T, Darroch, L, Daugherty, SJ, Daughhetee, J, Delaquis, S, Mesrobian-Kabakian, AD, DeVoe, R, Dilling, J, Ding, YY, Dolinski, MJ, Dragone, A, Echevers, J, Fabris, L, Fairbank, D, Fairbank, W, Farine, J, Feyzbakhsh, S, Fontaine, R, Fudenberg, D, Gallina, G, Giacomini, G, Gornea, R, Gratta, G, Hansen, EV, Harris, D, Hasan, M, Heffner, M, Hößl, J, Hoppe, EW, House, A, Hughes, M, Ito, Y, Iverson, A, Jessiman, C, Jewell, MJ, Jiang, XS, Karelin, A, Kaufman, LJ, Koffas, T, Kravitz, S, Krücken, R, Kuchenkov, A, Kumar, KS, Lan, Y, Larson, A, Leonard, DS, Li, S, Li, Z, Licciardi, C, Lin, YH, Lv, P, MacLellan, R, Mong, B, Moore, DC, Murray, K, Newby, RJ, Ning, Z, Njoya, O, Nolet, F, Nusair, O, Odgers, K, Odian, A, Oriunno, M, Orrell, JL, Ortega, GS, Overman, CT, Parent, S, Piepke, A, Pocar, A, Pratte, JF, Qiu, D, Radeka, V, Raguzin, E, Rao, T, Rescia, S, Robinson, A, Rossignol, T, Rowson, PC, Roy, N, Saldanha, R, Sangiorgio, S, Schmidt, S, Schubert, A, Sinclair, D, Skarpaas, K, Soma, AK, St-Hilaire, G, Stekhanov, V, Stiegler, T, Sun, XL, Tarka, M, Todd, J, Tolba, T, Totev, TI, Tsang, R, Tsang, T, Vachon, F, Veenstra, B, Veeraraghavan, V, Visser, G, Vuilleumier, JL, Wang, Q, Watkins, J, Weber, M, Wei, W, Wen, LJ, Wichoski, U, Wrede, G, Wu, SX, Wu, WH, Xia, Q, Yang, L, Yen, YR, Zeldovich, O, Zhang, X, Zhao, J & Zhou, Y 2018, 'VUV-Sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers for Xenon Scintillation Light Detection in nEXO', IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 65, no. 11, 8490731, pp. 2823-2833. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2018.2875668

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AU - Hufschmidt, P.

AU - Li, G.

AU - Lupin-Jimenez, L.

AU - Michel, T.

AU - Ostrovskiy, I.

AU - Retière, F.

AU - Schneider, J.

AU - Wagenpfeil, M.

AU - Alamre, A.

AU - Albert, J. B.

AU - Anton, G.

AU - Arnquist, I. J.

AU - Badhrees, I.

AU - Barbeau, P. S.

AU - Beck, D.

AU - Belov, V.

AU - Bhatta, T.

AU - Bourque, F.

AU - Brodsky, J. P.

AU - Brown, E.

AU - Brunner, T.

AU - Burenkov, A.

AU - Cao, G. F.

AU - Cao, L.

AU - Cen, W. R.

AU - Chambers, C.

AU - Charlebois, S. A.

AU - Chiu, M.

AU - Cleveland, B.

AU - Coon, M.

AU - Côté, M.

AU - Craycraft, A.

AU - Cree, W.

AU - Dalmasson, J.

AU - Daniels, T.

AU - Darroch, L.

AU - Daugherty, S. J.

AU - Daughhetee, J.

AU - Delaquis, S.

AU - Mesrobian-Kabakian, A. Der

AU - DeVoe, R.

AU - Dilling, J.

AU - Ding, Y. Y.

AU - Dolinski, M. J.

AU - Dragone, A.

AU - Echevers, J.

AU - Fabris, L.

AU - Fairbank, D.

AU - Fairbank, W.

AU - Farine, J.

AU - Feyzbakhsh, S.

AU - Fontaine, R.

AU - Fudenberg, D.

AU - Gallina, G.

AU - Giacomini, G.

AU - Gornea, R.

AU - Gratta, G.

AU - Hansen, E. V.

AU - Harris, D.

AU - Hasan, M.

AU - Heffner, M.

AU - Hößl, J.

AU - Hoppe, E. W.

AU - House, A.

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AU - Ito, Y.

AU - Iverson, A.

AU - Jessiman, C.

AU - Jewell, M. J.

AU - Jiang, X. S.

AU - Karelin, A.

AU - Kaufman, L. J.

AU - Koffas, T.

AU - Kravitz, S.

AU - Krücken, R.

AU - Kuchenkov, A.

AU - Kumar, K. S.

AU - Lan, Y.

AU - Larson, A.

AU - Leonard, D. S.

AU - Li, S.

AU - Li, Z.

AU - Licciardi, C.

AU - Lin, Y. H.

AU - Lv, P.

AU - MacLellan, R.

AU - Mong, B.

AU - Moore, D. C.

AU - Murray, K.

AU - Newby, R. J.

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AU - Nolet, F.

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AU - Odian, A.

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AU - Orrell, J. L.

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AU - Radeka, V.

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AU - Rescia, S.

AU - Robinson, A.

AU - Rossignol, T.

AU - Rowson, P. C.

AU - Roy, N.

AU - Saldanha, R.

AU - Sangiorgio, S.

AU - Schmidt, S.

AU - Schubert, A.

AU - Sinclair, D.

AU - Skarpaas, K.

AU - Soma, A. K.

AU - St-Hilaire, G.

AU - Stekhanov, V.

AU - Stiegler, T.

AU - Sun, X. L.

AU - Tarka, M.

AU - Todd, J.

AU - Tolba, T.

AU - Totev, T. I.

AU - Tsang, R.

AU - Tsang, T.

AU - Vachon, F.

AU - Veenstra, B.

AU - Veeraraghavan, V.

AU - Visser, G.

AU - Vuilleumier, J. L.

AU - Wang, Q.

AU - Watkins, J.

AU - Weber, M.

AU - Wei, W.

AU - Wen, L. J.

AU - Wichoski, U.

AU - Wrede, G.

AU - Wu, S. X.

AU - Wu, W. H.

AU - Xia, Q.

AU - Yang, L.

AU - Yen, Y. R.

AU - Zeldovich, O.

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