Radiation hardness and lifetime studies of photodiodes for the optical readout of the ATLAS semiconductor tracker

A large sample (96) of epitaxial Si PIN photodiodes has been irradiated by approximately 1 MeV neutrons and 24 GeV protons with fluences up to 1015 equivalent 1 MeV neutrons cm-2 in order to test their suitability for use in the optical readout of the ATLAS semiconductor tracker and pixel detector a...

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Main Authors: Charlton, D, Dowell, J, Homer, R, Jovanovic, P, Kenyon, I, Mahout, G, Shaylor, H, Sibley, A, Wilson, J, Bibby, J, Gregor, I, Wastie, R, Weidberg, A
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Published: Elsevier 2001
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author Charlton, D
Dowell, J
Homer, R
Jovanovic, P
Kenyon, I
Mahout, G
Shaylor, H
Sibley, A
Wilson, J
Bibby, J
Gregor, I
Wastie, R
Weidberg, A
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Dowell, J
Homer, R
Jovanovic, P
Kenyon, I
Mahout, G
Shaylor, H
Sibley, A
Wilson, J
Bibby, J
Gregor, I
Wastie, R
Weidberg, A
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description A large sample (96) of epitaxial Si PIN photodiodes has been irradiated by approximately 1 MeV neutrons and 24 GeV protons with fluences up to 1015 equivalent 1 MeV neutrons cm-2 in order to test their suitability for use in the optical readout of the ATLAS semiconductor tracker and pixel detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. After an initial reduction of 30% the responsivity remains constant up to the maximum fluence. The rise and fall times are not significantly affected and remain below 1 ns. Although the dark current increases linearly with increasing neutron fluence, its level remains below 100 nA which is negligible in comparison to the operating photocurrent which is above 100 μA. Enhanced ageing studies at 60 °C have also been carried out and no failure has occurred after an equivalent of 360 years of operation.
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spelling oxford-uuid:58648783-5d7b-44b1-8a5f-aaa826f961db2022-03-26T17:03:00ZRadiation hardness and lifetime studies of photodiodes for the optical readout of the ATLAS semiconductor trackerJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:58648783-5d7b-44b1-8a5f-aaa826f961dbEnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordElsevier2001Charlton, DDowell, JHomer, RJovanovic, PKenyon, IMahout, GShaylor, HSibley, AWilson, JBibby, JGregor, IWastie, RWeidberg, AA large sample (96) of epitaxial Si PIN photodiodes has been irradiated by approximately 1 MeV neutrons and 24 GeV protons with fluences up to 1015 equivalent 1 MeV neutrons cm-2 in order to test their suitability for use in the optical readout of the ATLAS semiconductor tracker and pixel detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. After an initial reduction of 30% the responsivity remains constant up to the maximum fluence. The rise and fall times are not significantly affected and remain below 1 ns. Although the dark current increases linearly with increasing neutron fluence, its level remains below 100 nA which is negligible in comparison to the operating photocurrent which is above 100 μA. Enhanced ageing studies at 60 °C have also been carried out and no failure has occurred after an equivalent of 360 years of operation.
spellingShingle Charlton, D
Dowell, J
Homer, R
Jovanovic, P
Kenyon, I
Mahout, G
Shaylor, H
Sibley, A
Wilson, J
Bibby, J
Gregor, I
Wastie, R
Weidberg, A
Radiation hardness and lifetime studies of photodiodes for the optical readout of the ATLAS semiconductor tracker
title Radiation hardness and lifetime studies of photodiodes for the optical readout of the ATLAS semiconductor tracker
title_full Radiation hardness and lifetime studies of photodiodes for the optical readout of the ATLAS semiconductor tracker
title_fullStr Radiation hardness and lifetime studies of photodiodes for the optical readout of the ATLAS semiconductor tracker
title_full_unstemmed Radiation hardness and lifetime studies of photodiodes for the optical readout of the ATLAS semiconductor tracker
title_short Radiation hardness and lifetime studies of photodiodes for the optical readout of the ATLAS semiconductor tracker
title_sort radiation hardness and lifetime studies of photodiodes for the optical readout of the atlas semiconductor tracker
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