Gramuglia, FrancescoRipiccini, EmanueleFenoglio, Carlo AlbertoWu, Ming-LoPaolozzi, LorenzoBruschini, ClaudioCharbon, Edoardo2022-06-062022-06-062022-06-062022-05-1110.3389/fphy.2022.849237https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/188330WOS:000800622000001Major advances in silicon pixel detectors, with outstanding timing performance, have recently attracted significant attention in the community. In this work we present and discuss the use of state-of-the-art Geiger-mode APDs, also known as single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs), for the detection of minimum ionizing particles (MIPs) with best-in-class timing resolution. The SPADs were implemented in standard CMOS technology and integrated with on-chip quenching and recharge circuitry. Two devices in coincidence allowed to measure the time-of-flight of 180 GeV/c momentum pions with a coincidence time resolution of 22 ps FWHM (9.4 ps Gaussian sigma). Radiation hardness measurements, also presented here, highlight the suitability of this family of devices for a wide range of high energy physics (HEP) applications.Physics, MultidisciplinaryPhysicsavalanche photodiodebeamlineparticlessensortime-of-flightphoton avalanche-diodetimetext::journal::journal article::review article