Photon Counting SNR Simulator
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) is a figure of merit that is used to describe how discernable the signal is from the noise.
In photon counting the SNR is calculated from the (Signal Counts)/ SQRT(2*Dark Counts + Signal). SNR degrades at high count rates due to pulse pileup.
To get started, enter values below to update the simulation.
This simulation should be regarded as a reference only, no guarantee of detector performance is implied by the results of this simulation.
Please contact our Applications Engineers by submitting a web inquiry or by calling the Hamamatsu technical support line for a more thorough and in-depth simulation and detector selection.
PMT Photon Counting Head Inputs:
MPPC (SiPM) or SPPC (SPAD) Counting Module Inputs:
Created by Dino Butron, Hamamatsu Corporation