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Dual-sided readout studies

Chiara CasellaMatthieu Heller

Oliver Holme

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Dual-sided readout studies• Difference in Left and Right light yield is used to estimate

gamma interaction position along z axis

• Original AXPET concept was based on dual-sided readout– Initial studies showed insufficient z-axis resolution (~cm)– New results from A. Goertzen indicated better z resolution (~3.5mm)

• Investigation started to find best achievable resolution– Following A. Goertzen method– Using digital SiPM for a compact axial module

L R

z-axis 0

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Laboratory setup• Philips digital SiPM tiles – L, R and Tagger

– L and R tiles are cooled to ~14˚C to reduce dark count

• Only events with 3 tile coincidence are stored– Acts to collimate a beam of gamma photons

• Automated data taking with Philips and LabVIEW software– Scans through several position along z-axis

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Crystal scanning• 3x3x100mm LYSO crystals• Crystal aligned with one SiPM pixel– All other cells were inhibited

• Typical scan properties– 11 data taking runs at different positions along z axis

• Typical run properties– ~15 minutes (with 3.7 MBq source)– Up to 9000 events stored to file– Up to 1300 events after photopeak cuts

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Data processing for each z position• Data from SiPMs is converted to ROOT files• Light yield is processed:

– Cut on photopeaks (all three tiles)– Correct for SiPM cell saturation– Correct for SiPM intra-tile cross talk– Obtain photopeak central values

Raw dataGaussian fitCorrected data

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Data processing for complete scan• z position estimator calculated as for each event• Mean for each z position is plotted against z• Fit function is applied to plot

– Fit gives a relationship between any value and z position

Error bars show σ of (R-L)/(R+L)

(R-L)/(R+L)

(R-L

)/(R

+L)

z position [mm]

Data processing for complete scan• z axis resolution

– FWHM ofvalues for each z position mapped to FWHM of z

• Beam width is subtracted to obtain final resolution

– Beam size calculated as 1.7mm

7Rz FWHM

Error bars show σ of (R-L)/(R+L)(R

-L)/

(R+L

)

Position [mm]

FWHM

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Crystals and surface treatments• Coatings/wrappings:

– Bare– White TiO2 paint– Teflon (2 layers)– Enhance Specular Reflector (ESR)

• Surface treatments (one or multiple faces):– Polished (from manufacturer)– Depolished (with ~10 µm powder)– Machined strips (with CNC diamond tool)

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Machined strips• Two patterns of machined strips– Every 5mm, aligned on four faces

– Every 5mm, staggered by 1.25mm on four faces

Machined strips are ~0.7mm wide

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Results

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Non-exponential LY versus z• Crystals with less attenuation– LY versus z is not exponential

• Crystals with greater attenuation– LY versus z is more similar to exponential

Polished, teflon wrapped Two faces depolished, teflon wrapped

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Inter-tile cross talk• SiPMs have cross talk between cells in a tile

– Intra-cell cross talk– Caused by avalanches producing secondary photons

• The secondary photons are emitted isotropically– They can also enter and propagate through the crystal– Inter-tile cross talk

• Inter-tile cross talk reduces L & R difference– Degrades z resolution

• This degradation can be measured by capturing L and R tiles independently, with the other tile off– Not possible in real applications– Physically filtering the cross talk photons might be possible

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Photopeak shifting

LEFT RIGHT SUM

Machined strips, 5mm (aligned), teflon wrapped

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is

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Light yields and energy resolutionMachined strips, 5mm (aligned), teflon wrapped

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z resolutionMachined strips, 5mm (aligned), teflon wrapped

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Different surface treatments• Resolution down to ~3mm has been achieved– Treatments give different energy resolutions due to

different LY sum

Polished + TiO2 paint Machined strips (four faces, aligned) + ESR Depolishing (two faces) + ESR

Energy resolution

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[%]

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Machined strips• Fine scans reveal discrete structure

– Gives stepped LY pattern– Seen in LY sum and energy resolution too

Aligned strips, light yield - RIGHT Staggered strips, light yield - RIGHT

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hoto

peak

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Position [mm]Position [mm]

Staggered strips give a pseudo-continuous behaviour

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Depolishing

One face depolished + ESR Two faces depolished + ESR

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WrappingsFour faced machined strips (aligned)

ESR wrapped λeff ≈ 70 mm

Teflon wrapped λeff ≈ 40 mm

Unwrapped λeff ≈ 28mm

Light yield - LEFT Light yield - RIGHT

Light yield - SUM

z [mm] z [mm]

z [mm]

ESR gives almost constant LY SUM

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WrappingsFour faced machined strips (aligned)

Teflon and ESR give similar resolutionESR gives more linear z position estimatorESR gives more light to improve resolution further

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Results summaryCrystal surface Wrapping/

CoatingRz FWHM at

mid-point (mm)Energy resolution at

mid-point (%)Polished Bare 52 8Polished Teflon 22 8Polished ESR 37 7Polished TiO2 paint 3.1 15Depolished (1 face) Bare 5.8 18Depolished (1 face) Teflon 4.4 12Depolished (1 face) ESR 4.9 8Depolished (2 faces) Teflon 3.4 16Depolished (2 faces) ESR 3.7 11Machined strips (aligned) Bare 3.6 21Machined strips (aligned) Teflon 2.6 12Machined strips (aligned) ESR 3.2 8Machined strips (staggered) Teflon 3.1 12Machined strips (staggered) ESR 3.8 7

A crystal with better Rz at z=50mm is not necessarily better at other z positions

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Next steps and outlook• Improve results for 100mm crystals– Extend machined strips to full crystal length– Depolish more faces

• Shorter 60mm crystals– Could achieve resolution down to 2mm– Attenuation per mm would need to be increased

• Photodetectors with higher PDE ?– Greater light yield would enable better resolution– Current SiPM PDE is about 40%

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Toy Monte Carlo results• Measured results are consistent with Toy MC– Estimated ~3mm as best achievable resolution– Can indicate future possibilities

λeff (mm) Crystal Length (mm)

Max LY Rz at mid-point FWHM (mm)

33 100 1500 3.03

33 100 3000 2.14

33 60 1500 2.27

20 60 1500 1.85

10 60 1500 1.99

20 60 3000 1.32

7 20 1500 0.70

7 20 3000 0.5320mm crystal figures match other published studies

Increased LY improves resolution

60 mm crystals would enable improvementdown to 2mm with current light yields

Pure Poisson distributionNoise

Not representative

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Machined strips width

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Depolished (one face)