Speaker
Lindley Winslow
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Description
The detections of photons is fundamental to the detection of particles. The photomultiplier tube (PMT) has been the workhorse of photodetection for over fifty years. It provides robust, low noise, detection of single photons with nanosecond timing. However, we have reached fundamental limits in its performance and production scaling. This talk will review the status of photodetectors from PMT alternatives through new cryogenic sensors operating at the quantum limit.
Authors
Lindley Winslow
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Adam Para
(Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
Zongfu Yu
(University of Wisconsin)
