Photon-number statistics with Silicon photomultipliers
Marco Ramilli, Alessia Allevi, Valery Chmill, Maria Bondani, Massimo, Caccia, Alessandra Andreoni
TL;DR
This paper models the operation of multi-pixel silicon photomultipliers considering dark counts and cross-talk, and develops calibration strategies for accurate photon-number statistics measurement.
Contribution
It introduces a comprehensive model for silicon photomultiplier behavior accounting for noise effects and proposes calibration methods for precise photon counting.
Findings
Effective calibration strategies for silicon photomultipliers.
Accurate modeling of dark-count and cross-talk effects.
Improved photon-number statistics measurement.
Abstract
We present a description of the operation of a multi-pixel detector in the presence of non-negligible dark-count and cross-talk effects. We apply the model to devise self-consistent calibration strategies to be performed on the very light under investigation.
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