Optical Test Stand and SiPM characterisation studies

This thesis deals with developing and commissioning a test stand for optical SiPM characterisations. SiPMs are semiconductor-based photon de- tectors, said to become the classical photomultiplier tube’s (PMT) successor in certain disciplines, where an SiPM’s characteristics seem superior than these of a PMT. The test stand development is based on a given concept, that was devised in the previous bachelor theses [13] and [14]. The two main aspects in this thesis is on the one hand to complete the optics part and on the other hand to incorporate first example SiPM measurements. At the end, there is a solid basis given for complete SiPM characterisation studies, combining separate measurements in a single table-top setup, operating automatically with as little user interaction as possible, run by shell scripts.