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Effects of electron irradiation and thermal annealing on characteristics of semi-insulating gallium-arsenide alpha-particle detectors
- Source :
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 969:164017
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2020.
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Abstract
- Schottky diode nuclear radiation detectors based on semi-insulating gallium-arsenide (GaAs) wafers were fabricated. The minimum leakage current and current density of the detectors were 7.8 nA and 2.5 × 10−7 A/cm2, respectively, at a reverse bias of 100 V. The Schottky GaAs detectors were subjected to 10 MeV electron irradiation with a radiation dose of 0 to 200 kGy. Pre- and post-irradiation detectors were characterized by current–voltage, charge collection efficiency (CCE), and alpha-particle pulse-height spectroscopy. The detection efficiency of all detectors improved after irradiation, which may be attributed to defects induced by high-energy electron irradiation increasing the inhomogeneity of semi-insulating GaAs wafers. However, the energy resolution and CCE of the post-irradiation detectors decreased. After electron irradiation, the post-irradiation detectors were annealed at 200 °C for 5 min in nitrogen. The CCE of the annealed detectors improved, which suggests that the damages caused by high-dose electron irradiation can be repaired partially by annealing at 200 °C.
- Subjects :
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors
Annealing (metallurgy)
Physics::Medical Physics
02 engineering and technology
01 natural sciences
Gallium arsenide
Condensed Matter::Materials Science
chemistry.chemical_compound
0103 physical sciences
Electron beam processing
Wafer
Irradiation
Instrumentation
010302 applied physics
Physics
business.industry
Schottky diode
Alpha particle
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
chemistry
Optoelectronics
High Energy Physics::Experiment
0210 nano-technology
business
Current density
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01689002
- Volume :
- 969
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........17cfe3fddaa1dd8f36304da8b8869f9b