GaAs x-ray detectors with sub-nanosecond temporal response

Looker, Quinn; Wood, Michael G.; Lake, Patrick W.; Kim, Jin K.; Serkland, Darwin K.

doi:10.1063/1.5127294

Title: GaAs x-ray detectors with sub-nanosecond temporal response

Journal Article · 12 November 2019 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5127294 · OSTI ID:1574066

;

; Lake, Patrick W.; Kim, Jin K.; Serkland, Darwin K.

Fast semiconductor radiation detectors operated in current mode provide a valuable diagnostic in pulsed power applications. Si detectors are common due to the availability of high-quality materials and mature fabrication processes, but they offer low absorption for hard x-rays above ∼10 keV. GaAs can provide increased hard x-ray absorption for the same detector volume due to a higher atomic number. GaAs photodiodes have been produced from epitaxial material grown at Sandia National Laboratories and fabricated at Sandia’s microfabrication facility. These detectors have significantly higher hard x-ray absorption (>10× at 15 keV) and nearly identical temporal impulse response to similarly sized Si detectors of 0.5 ns full-width half maximum.

View Accepted Manuscript (Publisher)

Cite

Export

Save

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

OSTI ID:: 1574066

Journal Information:: Review of Scientific Instruments, Journal Name: Review of Scientific Instruments Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 90; ISSN 0034-6748

Publisher:: American Institute of PhysicsCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

References (20)

X-Ray Interactions: Photoabsorption, Scattering, Transmission, and Reflection at E = 50-30,000 eV, Z = 1-92 Henke, B. L.; Gullikson, E. M.; Davis, J. C. Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables, Vol. 54, Issue 2, p. 181-342 https://doi.org/10.1006/adnd.1993.1013	journal	July 1993
Experimental Demonstration of Fusion-Relevant Conditions in Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion Gomez, M. R.; Slutz, S. A.; Sefkow, A. B. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 113, Issue 15 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.155003	journal	October 2014
Accurate determination of the ionization energy in semiconductor detectors Pehl, R. H.; Goulding, F. S.; Landis, D. A. Nuclear Instruments and Methods, Vol. 59, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/0029-554x(68)90342-x	journal	February 1968
Review of the Shockley–Ramo theorem and its application in semiconductor gamma-ray detectors He, Zhong Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 463, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-9002(01)00223-6	journal	May 2001
Contrasting physics in wire array z pinch sources of 1-20 keV emission on the Z facility Ampleford, D. J.; Jones, B.; Jennings, C. A. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 21, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4876621	journal	May 2014
A Renewed Capability for Gas Puff Science on Sandia's Z Machine Jones, Brent; Jennings, Christopher A.; Lamppa, Derek C. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 42, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1109/tps.2013.2287180	journal	May 2014
K-shell emission trends from 60 to 130 cm/ μ s stainless steel implosions Ampleford, D. J.; Jennings, C. A.; Jones, B. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 20, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4823711	journal	October 2013
Electron-hole pair generation energy in gallium arsenide by x and γ photons Bertuccio, Giuseppe; Maiocchi, Diego Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 92, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1490158	journal	August 2002
K α 1 , 2 and K β 1 , 3 x-ray emission lines of the 3 d transition metals Hölzer, G.; Fritsch, M.; Deutsch, M. Physical Review A, Vol. 56, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.56.4554	journal	December 1997
Relative X-ray transition probabilities to the K-shell Hansen, J. S.; Freund, H. U.; Fink, R. W. Nuclear Physics A, Vol. 142, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9474(70)90816-x	journal	March 1970
Characterization of gallium arsenide X-ray mesa p-i-n photodiodes at room temperature Lioliou, G.; Meng, X.; Ng, J. S. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 813 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.12.030	journal	March 2016
Measurements of 4–10 keV x-ray production with the Z-Beamlet laser Ruggles, L. E.; Porter, J. L.; Rambo, P. K. Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 74, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1537854	journal	March 2003
Temperature Dependence of Hole Velocity in p ‐GaAs Dalal, Vikram L.; Dreeben, A. B.; Triano, A. Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 42, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1660641	journal	June 1971
Digital techniques for real-time pulse shaping in radiation measurements Jordanov, Valentin T.; Knoll, Glenn F.; Huber, Alan C. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 353, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-9002(94)91652-7	journal	December 1994
30 μ m thick GaAs X-ray p + -i-n + photodiode grown by MBE Lioliou, G.; Poyser, C. L.; Butera, S. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 946 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.162670	journal	December 2019
Semiconducting and other major properties of gallium arsenide Blakemore, J. S. Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 53, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.331665	journal	October 1982
Signatures of hot electrons and fluorescence in Mo Kα emission on Z Hansen, S. B.; Ampleford, D. J.; Cuneo, M. E. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 21, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4866161	journal	March 2014
Superlattice-enhanced silicon soft X-ray and charged particle detectors with nanosecond time response Looker, Q.; Aguirre, B. A.; Hoenk, M. E. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 916 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.11.052	journal	February 2019
GaAs radiation imaging detectors with an active layer thickness up to 1mm Tyazhev, A. V.; Budnitsky, D. L.; Koretskay, O. B. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 509, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-9002(03)01545-6	journal	August 2003
Gallium Arsenide detectors for X-ray and electron (beta particle) spectroscopy Lioliou, G.; Barnett, A. M. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 836 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.08.047	journal	November 2016

Similar Records

High power density soft x-ray GaAs photodiodes with tailored spectral response

Journal Article · 2022 · Semiconductor Science and Technology · OSTI ID:1889176

Donetski, Dmitri; Kucharczyk, Kevin; Liu, Jinghe; +5 more

Metal oxide/silicon heterostructures: New solutions for different optoelectronic applications

Conference · 1998 · OSTI ID:323869

Malik, A; Martins, R

X-ray response of GaAlAs/GaAs radiation hardened double: Heterostructure photodiode compared to Si:PIN photodiodes

Conference · 1988 · OSTI ID:5302783

Anthes, J P

Title: GaAs x-ray detectors with sub-nanosecond temporal response

Citation Formats

References (20)

Similar Records

Related Subjects