Fundamental limits to detection of low-energy ions using silicon solid-state detectors
Autor: | R. W. Harper, R. Korde, S. M. Ritzau, Herbert O. Funsten |
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Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Zdroj: | Applied Physics Letters. 84:3552-3554 |
ISSN: | 1077-3118 0003-6951 |
Popis: | Recent advances in solid-state detector (SSD) technology have demonstrated the detection of ions and electrons down to 1 keV. However, ions at keV energies lose a substantial amount of energy ΔN in a SSD through Coulombic interactions with target nuclei rather than through interactions that contribute to the SSD output pulse, whose magnitude is a measure of the ion’s incident energy. Because ΔN depends on the ion species, detector material, and interaction physics, it represents a fundamental limitation of the output pulse magnitude of the detector. Using 100% quantum collection efficiency silicon photodiodes with a thin (40–60 A) SiO2 passivation layer, we accurately quantify ΔN for incident 1–120 keV ions and, therefore, evaluate the detection limits of keV ions using silicon detectors. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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