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Influence of the compensation in semi-insulating GaAs on the particle detector performance

Conference ·
OSTI ID:541097
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  1. Albert-Ludwigs-Univ., Freiburg (Germany). Faculty of Physics; and others
GaAs Schottky diodes made by commercial undoped semi-insulating (SI) material have been shown to work well as radiation detectors. This material offers high radiation resistance together with high charge carrier mobility, good signal-to-noise ratio and a good detection efficiency for minimum ionizing particles. To optimize the detector performance of Schottky diodes made on SI-GaAs, the influence of the compensation on the formation of the space charge region and charge collection efficiency (CCE) for alpha particles was studied. A strong dependence of the CCE on the ionized state of the arsenic antisite defect As{sub Ga}{sup +} and the resistivity determined from the Norde plot was observed. Also the influence of the compensation on the Schottky barrier height and space charge density can be seen.
OSTI ID:
541097
Report Number(s):
CONF-960450--; ISBN 0-7803-3179-6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English