Review of amorphous silicon based particle detectors: the quest for single particle detection

Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) is attractive for radiation detectors because of its radiation resistance and processability over large areas with mature Si microfabrication techniques. While the use of a-Si:H for medical imaging has been very successful, the development of detectors for par...

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Published inSemiconductor science and technology Vol. 31; no. 10; pp. 103005 - 103019
Main Authors Wyrsch, N, Ballif, C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IOP Publishing 01.10.2016
Subjects
amorphous silicon
monolithic device
particle detector
radiation hardness
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Summary:Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) is attractive for radiation detectors because of its radiation resistance and processability over large areas with mature Si microfabrication techniques. While the use of a-Si:H for medical imaging has been very successful, the development of detectors for particle tracking and minimum-ionizing-particle detection has lagged, with almost no practical implementation. This paper reviews the development of various types of a-Si:H-based detectors and discusses their respective achievements and limitations. It also presents more recent developments of detectors that could potentially achieve single particle detection and be integrated in a monolithic fashion into a variety of applications.
Bibliography:SST-102446.R2
ISSN:0268-1242
1361-6641
DOI:10.1088/0268-1242/31/10/103005