Thermal detection of single e-h pairs in a biased silicon crystal detector

Romani, R. K.; Brink, P. L.; Cabrera, B.; Cherry, M.; Howarth, T.; Kurinsky, N.; Moffatt, R. A.; Partridge, R.; Ponce, F.; Pyle, M.; Tomada, A.; Yellin, S.; Yen, J. J.; Young, B. A.

doi:10.1063/1.5010699

Title: Thermal detection of single e-h pairs in a biased silicon crystal detector

Journal Article · 23 January 2018 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5010699 · OSTI ID:1424717

Romani, R. K. ^[1]; Brink, P. L. ^[2]; Cabrera, B. ^[3]; Cherry, M. ^[2]; Howarth, T. ^[1];

^[3]; Moffatt, R. A. ^[1];

^[2];

^[1]; Pyle, M. ^[4]; Tomada, A. ^[2]; Yellin, S. ^[1]; Yen, J. J. ^[1]; Young, B. A. ^[5]

Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Kavli Inst.for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Physics; SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Kavli Inst.for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
Santa Clara Univ., Santa Clara, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics

We demonstrate that individual electron-hole pairs are resolved in a 1 cm² by 4 mm thick silicon crystal (0.93 g) operated at ~35 mK. One side of the detector is patterned with two quasiparticle-trap-assisted electro-thermal-feedback transition edge sensor arrays held near ground potential. The other side contains a bias grid with 20% coverage. Bias potentials up to ±160 V were used in the work reported here. A fiber optic provides 650 nm (1.9 eV) photons that each produce an electron-hole (e^–h⁺) pair in the crystal near the grid. The energy of the drifting charges is measured with a phonon sensor noise σ ~0.09 e^– h⁺ pair. In conclusion, the observed charge quantization is nearly identical for h⁺s or e^–s transported across the crystal.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1424717

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1417769

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 112, Issue 4; ISSN 0003-6951

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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