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In fiber tracking, calorimetry, and other high energy and nuclear physics experiments, the need arises to detect an optical signal consisting of a few photons (in some cases a single photoelectron) with a detector insensitive to magnetic fields. Previous attempts to detect a single photoelectron have involved avalanche photodiodes (APDs) operated in the Geiger mode [1], the visible light photon counter [2], and a photomultiplier tube with an APD as the anode [3]. In this paper it is demonstrated that silicon APDs, biased below the breakdown voltage, can be used to detect a signal of a few photons with conventional pulse counting circuitry at room temperature. Moderate cooling, it is further argued, could make it possible to detect a single photoelectron.
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Nadeem Ishaque, A., Castleberry, D.E., Rougeot, H.M. (1994). Photon-Counting Monolithic Avalanche Photodiode Arrays for the Super Collider. In: Hale, P. (eds) Supercollider 5. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2439-7_90
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