Recent developments of diamond detectors for particles and UV radiation

Mainwood, Alison

doi:10.1088/0268-1242/15/9/201

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“…Diamond represents a special category of material which, although potentially suitable as a very radiation hard detector, remains limited by poor supply and high cost. The development and current status of polycrystalline diamond tracking detectors has been extensively reported by the RD42 collaboration (see recent reviews by (Mainwood 2000;Adam et al 2003)) and is outside the scope of this paper.…”

Section: A Comparison Of Potential Semiconductorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

New materials for radiation hard semiconductor dectectors

Sellin

Vaitkus

2006

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A:

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We present a review of the current status of research into new semiconductor materials for use as particle tracking detectors in very high radiation environments. This work is carried out within the framework of the CERN RD50 collaboration, which is investigating detector technologies suitable for operation at the proposed Super-LHC facility (SLHC). Tracking detectors operating at the SLHC in this environment will have to be capable of withstanding radiation levels arising from a luminosity of 10 35 cm -2 s -1 which will present severe challenges to current tracking detector technologies. The "new materials" activity within RD50 is investigating the performance of various semiconductor materials that potentially offer radiation hard alternatives to silicon devices. The main contenders in this study are silicon carbide, gallium nitride and amorphous silicon. In this paper we review the current status of these materials, in terms of material quality, commercial availability, charge transport properties, and radiation hardness studies. Whilst these materials currently show considerable promise for use as radiation hard tracking detectors, their ultimate success will depend on the continued improvement of the availability of high quality material.

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Section: A Comparison Of Potential Semiconductorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

New materials for radiation hard semiconductor dectectors

Sellin

Vaitkus

2006

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A:

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“…However, the device reproducibility is extremely poor at present and still only very few "spotty" results were reported in the literature. Even more important, the tested devices often suffer from some memory effects such as "priming" (pumping) [7][8][9] and polarization effects [4,5]. In particular, a gradual worsening of the detector response is noticed during long lasting irradiation with high energy nuclear particles and a recovery treatment is to be periodically performed, even after a few hours or less of operation, in order to maintain the required spectroscopic performance.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Neutron detection at jet using artificial diamond detectors

Pillon

Angelone

Lattanzi

et al. 2007

Fusion Engineering and Design

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“…These point-source devices have found many uses in the detection of deep UV light within materials processing and environmental monitoring applications. A number of reviews of the characteristics and applications for these devices exist [28,29]. However, there is also a considerable need to image deep UV light and it is the realisation of the first such diamond-based device that is the subject of this paper.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%