Comparison of Single Event Transients Generated by Short Pulsed X-Rays, Lasers and Heavy Ions
| Autor: | Steven C. Moss, David Cardoza, Rokutaro Koga, Dale Brewe, Kevin M. Gaab, Nathan P. Wells, Stephen LaLumondiere, Michael A. Tockstein, William T. Lotshaw |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Materials science business.industry Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Synchrotron radiation Photon energy Laser Synchrotron Ion law.invention Photodiode Optics Nuclear Energy and Engineering law Excited state Optoelectronics Electrical and Electronic Engineering business Excitation |
| Zdroj: | IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 61:3154-3162 |
| ISSN: | 1558-1578 0018-9499 |
| DOI: | 10.1109/tns.2014.2368057 |
| Popis: | We report an experimental study of the transients generated by pulsed x-rays, heavy ions, and different laser wavelengths in a Si p-i-n photodiode. We compare the charge collected by all of the excitation methods to determine the equivalent LET for pulsed x-rays relative to heavy ions. Our comparisons show that pulsed x-rays from synchrotron sources can generate a large range of equivalent LET and generate transients similar to those excited by laser pulses and heavy ion strikes. We also look at how the pulse width of the transients changes for the different excitation methods. We show that the charge collected with pulsed x-rays is greater than expected as the x-ray photon energy increases. Combined with their capability of focusing to small spot sizes and of penetrating metallization, pulsed x-rays are a promising new tool for high resolution screening of SEE susceptibility. |
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