Mauro Aresti

TL;DR: In this paper, the TIMESPOT project aims at the construction of a mini-tracker demonstrator implementing both high space and time resolutions at the single pixel level, and the first batch of 3D silicon sensors containing several test structures based on different geometries of the electrodes, has been delivered in June 2019 and has been tested against its timing performance both under laser and minimum ionizing particle beams.

TL;DR: The results obtained on the first batch of TIMESPOT silicon sensors, based on a novel 3D MEMS (micro electro-mechanical systems) design, are described, showing the performance of other ongoing silicon sensor developments has been matched and overcome, while using a technology known to be robust against radiation degradation.

TL;DR: The TimeSPOT project as discussed by the authors developed 3D trench-based silicon pixel detectors with a time resolution below 30 ps, which can detect the interaction and decay vertices in the next generation of high luminosity particle colliders.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe a new laboratory setup based on an ultra-short pulse duration, 1030 nm wavelength, laser-based light source able to emulate the energy deposit of charged particles inside a silicon detector and all the ancillary equipment used to precisely measure their space and time performance.