AN OPTICAL-BEAM-INDUCED-CURRENT STUDY OF ACTIVE-REGION AND CHARGE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY OF GAAS PARTICLE DETECTORS

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作者
ALIETTI, M
BERLUTI, L
CANALI, C
CASTALDINI, A
CAVALLINI, A
CETRONIO, A
RINALDI, P
DAURIA, S
DELPAPA, C
LANZIERI, C
NAVA, F
PROIA, M
ZICHICHI, A
机构
[1] UNIV BOLOGNA,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,BOLOGNA,ITALY
[2] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-40126 BOLOGNA,ITALY
[3] ALENIA SPA,DIREZ RIC,ROME,ITALY
[4] CERN,CH-1211 GENEVA,SWITZERLAND
[5] UNIV MODENA,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-41100 MODENA,ITALY
[6] UNIV MODENA,DIPARTIMENTO SCI INGN,MODENA,ITALY
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10.1016/0168-9002(94)01123-0
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
In a recent paper, it was described how semi-insulating (SI) liquid encapsulated Czochralski (LEC) gallium arsenide particle detectors made by Alenia SpA have been tested and found to be understandable in terms of one function: the local charge collection efficiency. We have now measured, always within the context of the RD8 experiment, the local charge collection efficiency for these diodes using a technique called OBIC (optical beam induced current) and derived the active region width (W) as a function of bias in a range of values lower than those obtainable with particles. Using data both from OBIC and from the previous paper, W is found to behave approximately linearly as a function of bias larger than about 50 V. Below this value, W follows a square root law as a function of bias.
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