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Nuisances of SiPMs and how to deal with them in ... - KICP Workshops

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<strong>SiPMs</strong> the (almost) perfect Pho<strong>to</strong>n<br />

Detec<strong>to</strong>r for Cherenkov Telescopes<br />

Potential for very high PDE <strong>in</strong> the blue<br />

Robust<br />

Reliable<br />

Cheap<br />

....<br />

<strong>SiPMs</strong> beg<strong>in</strong> <strong>to</strong> outperform classical<br />

PMTs <strong>in</strong> astroparticle applications<br />

Biggest nuisances these days:<br />

Slow signals<br />

Temperature dependence <strong>of</strong> ga<strong>in</strong>, PDE, ...<br />

Optical Crosstalk<br />

All these nuisances can be elim<strong>in</strong>ated at device level<br />

but for the time be<strong>in</strong>g we have <strong>to</strong> <strong>deal</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>them</strong><br />

Nepomuk Otte<br />

MEPhI/Pulsar SiPM<br />

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