2013/10/02 by Jan Eike von Seggern, von Seggern, Jan Eike
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials #CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors #FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) #Particle Detector Development and Performance #physics.ins-det
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1310.0660
4 pages; Contribution to the 9th Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs, Mainz, June 24-28, 2013
arxiv created 2013/10/02 · openalex publication_date 2013/10/02 · arxiv updated 2013/10/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Laboratory based searches for weakly-interacting slim particles (WISPs) of the light-shining-through-a-wall type (LSW) use visible or near-infrared (NIR) laser light. Low-noise and highly efficient detectors are necessary to improve over previous experiments. These requirements overlap with the requirements for single-photon detectors (SPDs) for quantum information (QI) experiments. In this contribution, the sensitivity of several QI SPDs is compared to photo-multiplier tubes (PMTs) and imaging charge-coupled devices (CCDs). It is found that only transition edge sensors (TESs) are viable alternatives to CCDs if the signal can be focussed to a few micro meters.