Calibration of photomultiplier using UVLED

TL;DR

This paper presents a new portable UVLED-based calibration source for fluorescence detectors in the Telescope Array experiment, offering a simple, quick, and accurate alternative to existing calibration methods.

Contribution

Introduction of a lightweight, easy-to-use UVLED calibration device that maintains temperature stability and achieves calibration accuracy comparable to current methods.

Findings

Calibration for 24 detectors achieved 6% uncertainty.

UVLED source emitted 369 nm photons with ~70 pJ energy.

Results agree with existing calibration sources.

Abstract

Detector calibration is very important for the long-term operation. For the purposes of simple and precise calibration, we developed a new portable calibration source using UVLED to calibrate the fluorescence detector of the Telescope Array experiment (TA). The UVLED is light (less than 1 kg) and its setup is quick and easy. Therefore, a single source will be used instead of the calibration sources that TA currently uses. The UVLED emits 369 nm wavelength and ~70 pJ of photons which are calibrated with 5% accuracy us-ing photo-diode. It has a particular unit, which is an internal heater, to keep the temperature constant and avoiding temperature dependency on light yield. The first result of calibration for 24 detectors is xx pho-tons/faced count for 369 nm photons with 6% uncertainty. It is in agreement with the result of the current calibration sources of TA.