Four-channel radio-frequency signal generator programmed by an open-source Arduino-based control system via single or quad Serial Peripheral InterfaceRadio-frequency (RF) signal generators are standard laboratory equipment and a wide-range of open-source and commercial devices exists to address their many applications. Nonetheless, only few…Michele Sorelli, Marco Marchetti, Pietro Ricci et al.·Oct 13, 2022SaveLearn
A probabilistic framework for uncertainty quantification in positron emission particle trackingPositron Emission Particle Tracking (PEPT) is an imaging method for the visualization of fluid motion, capable of reconstructing three-dimensional trajectories of small tracer particles suspended in…Avshalom Offner, Sam Manger, Jacques Vanneste·Oct 12, 2022SaveLearn
A Cryogenic Sapphire Resonator Oscillator with 1e-16 mid-term fractional frequency stabilityWe report in this letter the outstanding frequency stability performances of an autonomous cryogenique sapphire oscillator presenting a flicker frequency noise floor below 2e-16 near 1,000 s of…Christophe Fluhr, Benoit Dubois, Claudio E. Calosso et al.·Oct 12, 2022SaveLearn
Nuclear Recoil Calibration at Sub-keV Energies in LUX and Its Impact on Dark Matter Search SensitivityDual-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) detectors offer heightened sensitivities for dark matter detection across a spectrum of particle masses. To broaden their capability to low-mass dark…LUX Collaboration, D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum et al.·Oct 12, 2022SaveLearn
A Sub-Picosecond Digital Clock Monitoring SystemWe describe a low-cost system designed to monitor wander in digital clocks with a precision of 1 ps. With this system we have shown that it is possible to track phase variations at the…Rohith Saradhy, Erich Frahm, Eduardo B. S. Mendes et al.·Oct 11, 2022SaveLearn
SiPM module for the ACME III electron EDM searchThis report shows the design and the performance of a large area Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) module developed detection of fluorescent light emitted from a 10 cm scale volume. The module was…A. Hiramoto, T. Masuda, D. G. Ang et al.·Oct 11, 2022SaveLearn
Influence of the high granularity calorimeter stainless steel absorbers onto the Compact Muon Solenoid inner magnetic fieldThe Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector is a general-purpose experimental setup at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN to investigate the production of new particles in the proton-proton…Vyacheslav Klyukhin·Oct 11, 2022SaveLearn
Estimation of the number of counts on a particle counter detector with full time resolutionWe present a general method for estimating the number of particles impinging on a segmented counter or, in general, on a counter with sub-units. We account for unresolved particles, i.e., the effect…Flavia Gesualdi, Alberto Daniel Supanitsky·Oct 11, 2022SaveLearn
Reliability and Reproducibility of the Cryogenic Sapphire Oscillator TechnologyThe cryogenic sapphire oscillator (CSO) is a highly specialized machine, which delivers a reference signal exhibiting the lowest frequency fluctuations. For the best units, the Allan deviation (ADEV)…Christophe Fluhr, Benoît Dubois, Guillaume Le Tetu et al.·Oct 11, 2022SaveLearn
Forward silicon tracking detector developments for the future Electron-Ion ColliderThe future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) will utilize a series of high-luminosity high-energy electron+proton (e+p) and electron+nucleus (e+A) collisions to explore the inner structure of nucleon…Xuan Li, Melynda Brooks, Matt Durham et al.·Oct 10, 2022SaveLearn
Design and implementation of a device based on an off-axis parabolic mirror to perform luminescence experiments in a scanning tunneling microscopeWe present the design, implementation, and illustrative results of a light collection/injection strategy based on an off-axis parabolic mirror collector for a low-temperature Scanning Tunneling…Ricardo Javier Peña Román, Yves Auad, Lucas Grasso et al.·Oct 10, 2022SaveLearn
A Method to Achieve High Dynamic Range in a CMOS Image Sensor Using Interleaved Row ReadoutWe present a readout scheme for CMOS image sensors that can be used to achieve arbitrarily high dynamic range (HDR) in principle. The linear full well capacity (LFWC) in high signal regions was…Thomas Wocial, Konstantin D. Stefanov, William E. Martin et al.·Oct 10, 2022SaveLearn
Infrared Remote Sensing Using Low Noise Avalanche Photodiode DetectorFor a remote sensing optical payload to achieve a Ground Sampling Distance of ~ 10-30 m, a critical problem is platform-induced motion blur. While forward motion compensation can reduce this transit…Joice Mathew, James Gilbert, Robert Sharp et al.·Oct 10, 2022SaveLearn
Temperature Dependence of the Electron-Drift Anisotropy and Implications for the Electron-Drift ModelThe electron drift in germanium detectors is modeled making many assumptions. Confronted with data, these assumptions have to be revisited. The temperature dependence of the drift of electrons was…Iris Abt, Chris Gooch, Felix Hagemann et al.·Oct 9, 2022SaveLearn
Excess backgrounds in Dark Matter detectors and physics of glassesIn solid-state dark matter detectors, energy accumulation due to ionizing radiation should produce delayed low-energy background similar to the background produced by energy deposited by mechanical…Sergey Pereverzev·Oct 9, 2022SaveLearn
Performance of compact plastic scintillator strips with WLS-fiber and PMT/SiPM readoutThis work presents the design and performance study of compact strips of plastic scintillator with WLS-fiber readout in a dimension of 0.1 * 0.02 * 2 m3, which evaluates as a candidate for cosmic-ray…Min Li, Zhimin Wang, Caimei Liu et al.·Oct 8, 2022SaveLearn
Measurement of proton light yield of water-based liquid scintillatorThe proton light yield of liquid scintillators is an important property in the context of their use in large-scale neutrino experiments, with direct implications for neutrino-proton scattering…E. J. Callaghan, B. L. Goldblum, J. A. Brown et al.·Oct 8, 2022SaveLearn
The new monolithic ASIC of the preshower detector for di-photon measurements in the FASER experiment at CERNThe ForwArd Search ExpeRiment (FASER) is an experiment searching for new light and weakly-interacting particles at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. FASER is composed of different sub-detectors,…S. Gonzalez-Sevilla·Oct 7, 2022SaveLearn
Imaging Scatterometer for Observing In-Situ Changes to Optical Coatings During Air AnnealingAnnealing of amorphous optical coatings has been shown to generally reduce optical absorption, optical scattering, and mechanical loss, with higher temperature annealing giving better results. The…Michael Rezac, Daniel Martinez, Amy Gleckl et al.·Oct 6, 2022SaveLearn
Online control of the gain drift with temperature of SiPM arrays used for the readout of LaB3:Ce crystalsLaB3:Ce crystals have been introduced for radiation imaging in medical physics, with photomultiplier or single SiPM readout. An R-D was pursued with 1/2" and 1" LaBr3:Ce crystals, from different…M. Bonesini, R. Bertoni, M. Prata et al.·Oct 5, 2022SaveLearn
Development of novel single-die hybridisation processes for small-pitch pixel detectorsHybrid pixel detectors require a reliable and cost-effective interconnect technology adapted to the pitch and die sizes of the respective applications. During the ASIC and sensor R\&D phase,…Peter Svihra, Justus Braach, Eric Buschmann et al.·Oct 5, 2022SaveLearn
Energy loss due to defect creation in solid state detectorsThe threshold displacement energy in solid state detector materials varies from several eV to ~100 eV. If a stable or long lived defect is created as a result of a nuclear recoil event, some part of…Matti Heikinheimo, Sebastian Sassi, Kimmo Tuominen et al.·Oct 4, 2022SaveLearn
Dynamic control of high-voltage actuator arrays by light-pattern projection on photoconductive switchesThe ability to control high-voltage actuator arrays relies, to date, on expensive microelectronic processes or on individual wiring of each actuator to a single off-chip high-voltage switch. Here we…Vesna Bacheva, Amir Firouzeh, Edouard Leroy et al.·Oct 4, 2022SaveLearn
Gain and phase calibration of sensor arrays from ambient noise by cross-spectral measurements fittingWe address the problem of blind gain and phase calibration of a sensor array from ambient noise. The key motivation is to ease the calibration process by avoiding a complex procedure setup. We show…Charles Vanwynsberghe, Simon Bouley, Jérôme Antoni·Oct 4, 2022SaveLearn
Miniaturized Modules for Space Based Optical CommunicationWe present recent progress in developing miniaturized optical receiver amplifiers for space communications.J. Edmunds, L. Henwood-Moroney, N. Hammond et al.·Oct 4, 2022SaveLearn