Pubblicazioni e Report Tecnici

2019

Characterization method to achieve simultaneous absolute PDE measurements of all pixels of an ASTRI Mini-Array camera tile
 
G. Bonanno, G. Romeo, G. Occhipinti, M.C. Timpanaro, A. Grillo
  –
arXiv: 1912.07543 

 

2018

 • Novel Silicon Photomultipliers suitable for Dual Mirror Small Sized Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array
  G. Romeo , G. Bonanno, G. Sironi, M.C. Timpanaro
  – Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, vol. 908, pp. 117 127, ISSN: 0168 9002

 Evaluation of silicon photomultipliers for dual-mirror Small-Sized Telescopes of Cherenkov Telescope Array
  A. Asano, D. Berge, G. Bonanno, M. Bryan, B. Gebhardt, A. Grillo, N. Hidaka, P. Kachru, J. Lapington, S. Leach, Y. Nakamura, A. Okumura, G. Romeo, D. Ross, M. Stephan, H. Tajima, M.C. Timpanaro, R. White, N. Yamane, A. Zink
  – Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, vol. 912, pp. 177 - 181

 Caratterizzazione del SiPM Hamamatsu MPPC LVR3 TSV 3x3 mm2 con microcella da 50 μm
  G. Romeo, G, Bonanno
  - Technical Report

 

2017

SENSE: A comparison of photon detection efficiency and optical crosstalk of various SiPM devices
   A. Nagai, C. Alispach, T. Berghofer, G. Bonanno, V. Coco, D. della Volpe, A. Haungs, M. Heller, K. Henjes Kunst, R. Mirzoyan, T. Montaruli, G. Romeo , Y. Renier, H.C. Schultz Coulon, W. Shen, D. Strom, H. Tajima, I. Troyano Pujadas
  - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, vol. 912, pp.182 185

Procedure for the relative calibration of the SiPM gain on ASTRI SST-2M camera
   D. Impiombato, O. Catalano, S. Giarrusso, T. Mineo, G. La Rosa, C. Gargano, P. Sangiorgi, A. Segreto, G. Sottile, G. Bonanno, S. Garozzo, A. Grillo, D. Marano, G. Romeo, R. Gimenes
  – Experimental Astronomy, Vol. 43 (1), pp. 1-17, ISSN: 0922-6435

Characterization of the Hamamatsu MPPC LVR2 7075 CS, LVR2 7075 CN and LVR3 3050 CN
   Giuseppe Romeo
  - Technical Report: ASTRI TR OACT 3200 037

Characterization of the recently manufactured LCT5 and LVR Hamamatsu SiPMs suitable for the ASTRI MINI ARRAY focal plane (pre-production)
   Giuseppe Romeo
  - Technical Report: ASTRI TR OACT 3200 034

Effect of the ASTRI focal plane IR filter on the Optical Cross-Talk of the SiPM detectors
  Giuseppe Romeo
  - Technical Report: ASTRI-TR-OACT-3200-036

 

2016

 Characterization of 6x6-mm75-μm cell MPPC suitable for the Cherenkov Telescope Array project
    G. Romeo, G. Bonanno, S. Garozzo, A. Grillo, D. Marano, M. Munari, M.C. Timpanaro, O. Catalano, S. Giarrusso, D. Impiombato, G. La Rosa, G. Sottile
  - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, vol. 826, pp. 31 - 38, ISSN: 0168-9002

 Advances in Multi-Pixel Photon Counter Technology: First Characterization Results
    G. Bonanno, D. Marano, G. Romeo, S. Garozzo, A. Grillo, M.C. Timpanaro, O. Catalano, S. Giarrusso, D. Impiombato, G. La Rosa, G. Sottile
  - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, vol. 806, pp. 383-394, ISSN: 0168-9002

• Caratterizzazione della Tile Hamamatsu 8x8 pixel di dimensioni 6.975x6.975mm2 con microcella da 75µm
   G. Romeo, G. Bonanno
  - Technical Report: ASTRI TR OACT 3200 026

• Caratterizzazione della Tile Hamamatsu S/N.6 8x8 pixel di dimensioni 6.975x6.975mm2 con microcella da 75µm
   G. Romeo, G. Bonanno
  - Technical Report: ASTRI TR OACT 3200 030

• Caratterizzazione della Tile Hamamatsu S/N.5 8x8 pixel di dimensioni 6.975x6.975mm2 con microcella da 75µm
   G. Romeo et al.
  - Technical Report: ASTRI TR OACT 3200 029

• Caratterizzazione della Tile Hamamatsu S/N.3 8x8 pixel di dimensioni 6.975x6.975mm2 con microcella da 75µm
   G. Romeo, G. Bonanno
  - Technical Report: ASTRI TR OACT 3200 028

• Caratterizzazione della Tile Hamamatsu S/N.1 8x8 pixel di dimensioni 6.975x6.975mm2 con microcella da 75µm
   G. Romeo, G. Bonanno
  - Technical Report: ASTRI TR OACT 3200 027

 

2015

 Silicon Photomultiplier Characterization Report Device: SensL MicroFJ SMTPA 60035 S/N 1 Lot# 150925
    Giuseppe Romeo, Giovanni Bonanno
  - Technical Report prot. N. 12/2015, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania

Characterization Test of New Generation Low Cross Talk MPPCs Series: LCT5 with cell pitch 50µm
   Giuseppe Romeo
  - Technical Report: ASTRI TR OACT 3200 022

Characterization Test of New Generation Low Cross Talk MPPCs Series: LCT5 with cell pitch 75µm
   Giuseppe Romeo et al.
  - Technical Report: ASTRI TR OACT 3200 025

Characterization Test of New Generation Low Cross Talk MPPCs Series: LCT4 with cell pitch 100µm
   Giuseppe Romeo
  - Technical Report: ASTRI TR OACT 3200 024

Characterization Test of New Generation Low Cross Talk MPPCs Series: LCT4 with cell pitch 75µm
   Giuseppe Romeo
  - Technical Report: ASTRI TR OACT 3200 023

Characterization Test of New Generation Low Cross Talk MPPCs Series: LCT4 with cell pitch 50µm
   Giuseppe Romeo et al.
  - Technical Report: ASTRI TR OACT 3200 021

Characterization Test of New Generation Low Cross Talk MPPCs Series: LCT1 with cell pitch 50µm
   Giuseppe Romeo
  - Technical R eport: ASTRI TR OACT 3200 020

Characterization of SiPM FBK NUV low AP/CSP Measures: Dark Stairs, Dark Count Rate and Cross Talk
   Giuseppe Romeo
  - Technical Report prot. N. 09/2015, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania

Characterization of SiPM SensL ArrayES: TSV (Version E32) Measures: Dark Stairs, Dark Count Rate and Cross Talk
   Giuseppe Romeo
  - Technical Report prot. N. 10/2015, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania

Characterization of SiPM FBK NUV HD Measures: Dark Stairs, Dark Count Rate and Cross Talk
  Giuseppe Romeo
  - Technical Report prot. N. 08/2015, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania

Characterization of SiPM SensL J Series Measures: Dark Stairs, Dark Count Rate and Cross Talk
  Giuseppe Romeo
  - Technical Report prot. N. 11/2015, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania

 

2014

 Fabrication, characterization and testing of silicon photomultipliers for the Muon Portal Project
    P. La Rocca, S. Billotta, A.A. Blancato, D. Bonanno, G. Bonanno, G. Fallica, S. Garozzo, D. Lo Presti, D. Marano, C. Pugliatti, F. Riggi, G. Romeo, G. Santagati, G. Valvo.
  - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, vol. 787, pp. 236-239, ISSN: 0168-9002

Characterization Measurements Methodology and Instrumental Set-up Optimization for new SiPM Detectors - Part I: Electrical Tests
   Bonanno Giovanni, Marano Davide, Belluso Massimiliano, Billotta Sergio, Grillo Alessandro, Garozzo Salvatore, Romeo Giuseppe and Timpanaro Maria Cristina.
  – IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 14, no. 10, pp. 3557-3566, ISSN: 1530-437X

Characterization Measurements Methodology and Instrumental Set up Optimization for new SiPM Detectors - Part II: Optical Tests
   Bonanno Giovanni, Marano Davide, Belluso Massimiliano, Billotta Sergio, Grillo Alessandro, Garozzo Salvatore, Romeo Giuseppe and Timpanaro Maria Cristina.
  – IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 14, no. 10, pp. 3567 3578, ISSN: 1530 437X

Evaluation of the optical cross talk level in the SiPMs adopted in ASTRI SST 2M Cherenkov Camera using EASIROC front end electronics
   D. Impiombato, S. Giarrusso, T. Mineo, G. Agnetta, B. Biondo, O.Catalano, C. Gargano, G.La Rosa, F. Russo, G. Sottile, M. Belluso, S. Billotta, G. Bonanno, S. Garozzo. D. Marano, G. Romeo
  – JINST: Journal of instrumentation, vol. 9, ISSN: 1748 0221

SiPM detectors for the ASTRI project in the framework of the Cherenkov Telescope Array
   Sergio Billotta, Davide Marano, Giovanni Bonanno, Massimiliano Belluso, Alessandro Grillo, Salvatore Garozzo, Giuseppe Romeo , Maria Cristina Timpanaro, Maria Concetta Maccarone, Osvaldo Catalano, Giovanni La Rosa, Giuseppe Sottile, Domenico     Impiombato, Carmelo Gargano, Salvatore Giarrusso
  - SPIE 2014, High Energy, Optical and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy VI, vol. 91541R

SiPM Detectors Characterization, Production and Testing of the 37 Silicon Photomultiplier Interface Boards for the Camera of the ASTRI SST 2M Telescope Prototype
  G. Bonanno, S. Billotta, S. Garozzo, A. Grillo, D. Marano, G. Romeo , M. C. Timpanaro
  - 16 th CTA Cons ortium Meeting, Catania, September 2014

SiPM Detectors Distribution and Best Operating Voltages of the 1984 Silicon Photomultipliers Logical Pixels for the ASTRI SST 2M Telescope Prototype
  G. Bonanno, S. Billotta, S. Garozzo, A. Grillo, D. Marano, G. Romeo , M. C. Timpanaro
  - 16 th CTA Con sortium Meeting, C atania, September 2014

Fabrication, characterization and testing of silicon photomultipliers for the Muon Portal Project
  P. La Rocca, S. Billotta, A.A. Blancato, D. Bonanno, G. Bonanno, G. Fallica, S. Garozzo, D. Lo Presti, D. Marano, C. Pugliatti, F. Riggi, G. Romeo , G. Santagati, G. Valvo
  - 4th International Conference on New Developments In Photodetection (NDIP), Tours, France, July 2014

Electro-Optical characterization of MPPC Detectors for the ASTRI Cherenkov telescope camera
   D. Marano, M. Belluso, G. Bonanno, S. Billotta, A. Grillo, S. Garozzo, G. Romeo, O. Catalano, G. La Rosa, G. Sottile, D. Impiombato, S. Giarrusso.
  – Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, vol. 768, pp. 32-42, ISSN: 0168-9002

Selezione e posizionamento dei rivelatori SiPM sulle PDM di test
   Giuseppe Romeo
  - Technical Report: ASTRI T R OACT 3200 010

Distribuzione delle PDM sul piano focale della camera ASTRI e layout di ogni singola PDM
   Giuseppe Romeo
  - Technical Report: ASTRI TR OACT 3200 012

Rapporto di caratterizzazione elettro ottica RI:2.4 Fase finale Device: ST Microelectronics SiPM type:P on N montato su front end in SMD
   Giuseppe Romeo
 - Technical Report prot. N. 01/2014, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania

 

2013

• Silicon Photomultiplier Characterization Report Device: SiPM Excelitas 3x3mm2 cell pitch 50µm S/N. D3932
   Giuseppe Romeo, Giovanni Bonanno
   - Technical Report prot. N. 14/2013, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania

Silicon Photomultiplier Characterization Report Device: ST Microelectronics SiPM type:N on P S/N. 6 SPM10 60
   Giuseppe Romeo, Giovanni Bonanno
  - Technical Report prot. N. 02/2013, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania

Silicon Photomultiplier Characterization Report Device: ST Microelectronics SiPM type:P on N S/N. 3 SPM10 60
   Giuseppe Romeo, Giovanni Bonanno
  -Technical Report prot. N. 03/2013, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania

Silicon Photomultiplier Characterization Report Device: ST Microelectronics SiPM type:N on P S/N. SPM10H5 60N Y223131 wf16
   Giuseppe Romeo, Giovanni Bonanno
  - Technical Report prot. N. 04/2013, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania

Silicon Photomultiplier Characterization Report Device: ST Microelectronics SiPM type:P on N S/N. SPM10H5 60P Y228159 wf02
   Giuseppe Romeo, Giovanni Bonanno
  -Technical Report prot. N. 07/2013, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania

Silicon Photomultiplier Characterization Report Device: SiPM Hamamatsu Array ASTRI cell pitch 50µm S/N. 164
   Giuseppe Romeo
  - Technical Report prot. N. 15/2013, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania

Silicon Photomultiplier Characterization Report Device: ST Microelectronics SiPM type:N on P S/N. SPM10H5 60N Y226144 wf19
   Giuseppe Romeo, Giovanni Bonanno
  - Technical Report prot. N. 06/2013, Oss ervatorio Astrofisico di Catania

Silicon Photomultiplier Characterization Report Device: ST Microelectronics SiPM type:N on P S/N. SPM10H5 60N Y226144 wf09
   Giuseppe Romeo, Giovanni Bonanno
  - Technical Report prot. N. 05/2013, Osse rvatorio Astrofisico di Catania

Silicon Photomultiplier Characterization Report Device: ST Microelectronics SiPM type:P on N ACR single layer S/N. SPM10H5 60P Y239187 wf04
   Giuseppe Romeo, Giovanni Bonanno
  - Technical Report prot. N. 08/2013, Osservat orio Astrofisico di Catania

Silicon Photomultiplier Characterization Report Device: SiPM Excelitas 3x3mm2 cell pitch 50µm S/N. A1001
   Giuseppe Romeo, Giovanni Bonanno
 - Technical Report prot. N. 13/2013, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania

• Silicon Photomultiplier Characterization Report Device: SiPM Hamamatsu 3x3mm2 cell pitch 50µm S/N. 1
   Giuseppe Romeo, Giovanni Bonanno
  - Technical Report prot. N. 17/2013, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania

• Silicon Photomultiplier Characterization Report Device: SiPM Hamamatsu 3x3mm2 cell pitch 100µm S/N. A0007 Type No: S12652 100C(X)
   Giuseppe Romeo, Giovanni Bonanno
  - Technical Report prot. N. 16/2013, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania

MPPC Hamamatsu Photonics Characterization report Device: S11828 3344M monolithic array 16 ch (4x4)
   Giuseppe Romeo et al.
  - Technical Report: ASTRI TR OACT 3200 007

MPPCs Electrical Characterization Report
   Giuseppe Romeo, Giovanni Bonanno
  - Technical Report: ASTRI TR OACT 3200 009

ASTRI Camera PDM: grouping four single pixels of each monolithic MPPC 4433 in four macro pixels
   Giuseppe Romeo
  - Technical Repo rt: ASTRI TR OACT 3200 008 

Rapporto di caratterizzazione elettro ottica RI:2.4 Fase iniziale Device: ST Microelectronics SiPM type:P on N montato su cerdip package
   Giuseppe Romeo
 - Technical Report prot. N. 09/2013, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania

 

2011

Geiger Avalanche Photodiodes (G-APDs) and Their Characterization

   Giovanni Bonanno, Massimiliano Belluso, Sergio Billotta, Paolo Finocchiaro and Alfio Pappalardo

 - Photodiodes-World Activities, DOI: 10.5772/18889

 

2009

Precision measurements of photon detection efficiency for SiPM detectors

G Bonanno, P Finocchiaro, A Pappalardo, S Billotta, L Cosentino, M Belluso, S Di Mauro, G Occhipinti

- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.05.117

Silicon photomultiplier technology at STMicroelectronics

Massimo Mazzillo, Giovanni Condorelli, Delfo Sanfilippo, Giuseppina Valvo, Beatrice Carbone, Giorgio Fallica, Sergio Billotta, Massimiliano Belluso, Giovanni Bonanno, Luigi Cosentino, Alfio Pappalardo, Paolo Finocchiaro

- IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, DOI10.1109/TNS.2009.2024418

Features of silicon photo multipliers: precision measurements of noise, cross-talk, afterpulsing, detection efficiency

Paolo Finocchiaro, Alfio Pappalardo, Luigi Cosentino, Massimiliano Belluso, Sergio Billotta, Giovanni Bonanno, Salvatore Di Mauro

- IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2014308

Characterization of detectors for the Italian Astronomical Quantum Photometer Project

Sergio Billotta, Massimiliano Belluso, Giovanni Bonanno, Salvatore di Mauro, Maria Cristina Timpanaro, Giovanni Condorelli, P Giorgio Fallica, Massimo Mazzillo, Delfo Sanfilippo, Giuseppina Valvo, Luigi Cosentino, Paolo Finocchiaro, Alfio Pappalardo, Giampiero Naletto, Tommaso Occhipinti, Claudio Pernechele, Cesare Barbieri

- Journal of Modern Optics, DOI: 10.1080/09500340802677068

 

2008

Quantum detection efficiency in Geiger mode avalanche photodiodes

Massimo Mazzillo, Alessandro Piazza, Giovanni Condorelli, Delfo Sanfilippo, Giorgio Fallica, Sergio Billotta, Massimiliano Belluso, Giovanni Bonanno, Luigi Cosentino, Alfio Pappalardo, Paolo Finocchiaro

- IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2007483

Characterization of a Novel 100-channel silicon photomultiplier—Part II: Charge and time

Paolo Finocchiaro, Alfio Pappalardo, Luigi Cosentino, Massimiliano Belluso, Sergio Billotta, Giovanni Bonanno, Beatrice Carbone, Giovanni Condorelli, Salvatore Di Mauro, Giorgio Fallica, Massimo Mazzillo, Alessandro Piazza, Delfo Sanfilippo, Giuseppina Valvo

- IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, DOI: 10.1109/TED.2008.2003235

Characterization of a novel 100-channel silicon photomultiplier—Part I: Noise

Paolo Finocchiaro, Alfio Pappalardo, Luigi Cosentino, Massimiliano Belluso, Sergio Billotta, Giovanni Bonanno, Beatrice Carbone, Giovanni Condorelli, Salvatore Di Mauro, Giorgio Fallica, Massimo Mazzillo, Alessandro Piazza, Delfo Sanfilippo, Giuseppina Valvo

- IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, DOI: 10.1109/TED.2008.2003996

 

2007

High efficiency 4H-SiC Schottky UV-photodiodes using self-aligned semitransparent contacts

Sciuto, A.; Roccaforte, F.; Di Franco, S.; Liotta, S. F.; Bonanno, G.; Raineri, V.

- Superlattices and Microstructures, Volume 41, Issue 1, p. 29-35 (2007) Adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007SuMi...41...29S

Photocurrent gain in 4H-SiC interdigit Schottky UV detectors with a thermally grown oxide layer

Sciuto, A.; Roccaforte, F.; Di Franco, S.; Raineri, V.; Billotta, S.; Bonanno, G.

- Applied Physics Letters, Volume 90, Issue 22, id. 223507 (3 pages) (2007) Adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007ApPhL..90v3507S

 

2006

 Quantum Efficiency of Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD)

Billotta, S.; Belluso, M.; Bonanno, G.; Bruno, P.; Calì, A.; Scuderi, S.; Timpanaro, M. C.

- Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana Supplement, v.9, p.433 (2006) Adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006M

 

2001

Characterization of a photon-counting intensified active pixel sensor (PC-IAPS): preliminary results

Uslenghi, Michela C.; Bonanno, Giovanni; Belluso, Massimiliano; Modica, Angelo; Bergamini, Paolo

- UV/EUV and Visible Space Instrumentation for Astronomy and Solar Physics, Proc. SPIE Vol. 4498, p. 185-196 (2001) Adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001SPIE.4498..185U

 

1999

OIG and SARG CCDs characterization

Scuderi S., Bonanno G., Calì A., Cosentino R.

- Proc. Int. Meeting on Astronomical Technologies 1999 Telescopes, instruments and data processing for Astronomy in the year 2000, S. Agata sui due Golfi (Napoli), May 12-15, 1999. A. Rifatto and G. Sedmak (Eds.), Società Astronomica Italiana, pp. 5 (1999)

 

1996

Catania Astrophysical Observatory facility for UV CCD characterization

Bonanno, Giovanni; Bruno, P.; Cali, Antonio; Cosentino, Rosario; Di Benedetto, Rosario; Puleo, Mario; Scuderi, S.

- EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VII, Oswald H. Siegmund; Mark A. Gummin; Eds., Proc. SPIE Vol. 2808, p. 242-249 (1996) Adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996SPIE.2808..242B

 

1992

Characterization of CCDs with enhanced UV response

Bonanno, Giovanni; Cali, Antonio; Di Benedetto, Rosario; Scuderi, Salvatore

-  EUV, X-ray, and gamma-ray instrumentation for astronomy III; SPIE Proceedings. Vol. 1743, p. 223-234 (1992) Adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1992SPIE.1743..223B

• A test facility to calibrate EUV detectors

Bonanno, G.; Naletto, G.; Tondello, G.

- ESA Symposium on Photon Detectors for Space Instrumentation, edited by Guyenne, T.D.; Hunt, J., Paris: European Space Agency (ESA), ISBN 92-9092-266-4, p. 233 - 236 (1992) Adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1992ESASP.356..233B


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