Photodetection: Principles, Performance and Limitations

Jan 31, 2011, 8:00 AM → Feb 10, 2011, 6:00 PM Europe/Zurich

Room A or 17-1-007 ! (CERN)

IMPORTANT: During the first week (1-4 Feb) the lectures will take place in 'Room A' (main building). During the second week (7-10 Feb) the lectures will take place in 17-1-007. The lab courses are always in 17-1-025. Building 17 is located within 10 min walking from main building.

Tue, February 1

9:00 AM → 10:15 AM LECTURE: Photodetection: Principles, Performance and Limitations - part 1

Speakers: Christian Joram (CERN), Dieter Renker (TU Munich), Nicoletta Dinu (LAL, Orsay), Samo Korpar (University of Maribor and JSI Ljubljana), Thierry Gys (CERN), Veronique Puill (LAL, Orsay), Yuri Musienko (Fermilab / INR)

Slides Photodetection_Basics.pdf Photodetection_Basics.pptx

10:15 AM → 10:45 AM coffee break with discussion

10:45 AM → 12:15 PM LECTURE: Photodetection: Principles, Performance and Limitations - part 2

Speaker: Christian Joram (CERN)

12:15 PM → 1:30 PM lunch

1:30 PM → 11:00 PM Laboratories session

1:30 PM a. Absolute measurement of the quantum efficiency of a classical PMT

Speakers: Christian Joram (CERN), Sune Jakobsen (CERN)

Instructions QE_set-up.pdf

1:30 PM b. Evaluation of the cross-talk of a multi-anode PMT

Speakers: Christian Joram (CERN), Sune Jakobsen (CERN)

Instructions MAPMT_Cross-talk_set-up.pdf

1:30 PM c. Characterization of a micro channel plate PMT

Speaker: Dr Samo Korpar (JSI Ljubljana)

Instructions MCP-PMT_set-up.pdf

1:30 PM d. Single photon counting measurements with a hybrid photon detector

Speaker: Thierry Gys (CERN)

Instructions HPD_setup.pdf

1:30 PM e. Measurement of the gain and excess noise factor an APD

Speaker: Dr Dieter Renker (Paul Scherrer Institute)

Instructions APD-set-up.pdf

1:30 PM f. Characterization of the static and dynamic properties of a SiPM

Speakers: Nicoleta Dinu (LAL, Orsay), Véronique Puill (LAL, Orsay)

Instructions SiPM_set-up.pdf