Contributions to the high frequency electronics of MAGIC II Telescope : Generation, detection and transmission of faint, nanosecond-range pulses of blue light

ISBN-13: 9783846556542 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 232 str.

Pedro Antoranz; José Miguel Miranda

Opis

This Thesis is focused in the work developed by the author in the frame of the MAGIC collaboration, mainly in high frequency electronics for MAGIC I and II Cherenkov Telescopes. The main achievements during this PhD period have been the following: Design of low noise, low jitter pulse generators for te test of the analog transmission of the telescopes. Based in previous designs, modelling and construction of a prototype of pulsed light emmiter based on high speed LEDs. This prototype generates signals similar to the ones received by the telescope, with the purpose of testing the camera pixels. Desing, production and test of broadband (up to 1 GHz) low noise and high dynamic range amplifiers. Setup of a testbench for time response and single photoelectron counting of various state of the art photodetectors.

O autorze

Dr. Antoranz received his Degree in Physics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) and graduated in Electronic Engineering at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). He obtained his PhD in Physics in 2009. In 2006 he started working as Assistant Proffessor at the UCM, and since 2011 he is Ph.D Assistant Proffessor.