Print Email Facebook Twitter Timing optimization utilizing order statistics and multichannel digital silicon photomultipliers Title Timing optimization utilizing order statistics and multichannel digital silicon photomultipliers Author Mandai, S. Venialgo, E. Charbon, E. Faculty Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Department Microelectronics Date 2014-01-24 Abstract We present an optimization technique utilizing order statistics with a multichannel digital silicon photomultiplier (MD-SiPM) for timing measurements. Accurate timing measurements are required by 3D rangefinding and time-of-flight positron emission tomography, to name a few applications. We have demonstrated the ability of the MD-SiPM to detect multiple photons, and we verified the advantage of detecting multiple photons assuming incoming photons follow a Gaussian distribution. We have also shown the advantage of utilizing multiple timestamps for estimating time-of-arrivals more accurately. This estimation technique can be widely available in various applications, which have a certain probability density function of incoming photons, such as a scintillator or a laser source. Subject probability theorystochastic processes, and statisticsphoton statisticsphotomultipliersmedical optics instrumentationtime-resolved imaginglaser range finder To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e7a49c06-934e-470a-8945-229dd853c394 DOI https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.39.000552 Publisher Optical Society of America ISSN 0146-9592 Source http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-39-3-552 Source Optics Letters, 39 (3), 2014 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2014 Optical Society of America Files PDF Mandai_2014.pdf 567.7 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:e7a49c06-934e-470a-8945-229dd853c394/datastream/OBJ/view