Characterisation of Hamamatsu SiPM for cosmic muon veto detector at IICHEP

A test setup is built to characterise the SiPM and to measure muon detection efficiency of an extruded plastic scintillator detector. In the setup, light from the scintillator is readout by SiPMs using two embedded Wavelength Shifting Fibres (WLS) fibres. The SiPM was calibrated using LED source, but alternate calibration procedures using radio-active source as well as noise data were also established. The SiPM is studied at various over voltages (V ov ) and determined the operating V ov by optimising the muon detection efficiency and noise rate. The muon position along the length of the scintillator is measured using timing information from both sides of the fibres. Results from our characterisation studies of SiPM (2mm × 2mm, Model S1330-2050VE), e.g. after pulse, cross-talk, recovery time etc. will be discussed in this paper.