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author Liguori, Antonio
Barten, Rebecca
Baruffaldi, Filippo
Bergamaschi, Anna
Borghi, Giacomo
Boscardin, Maurizio
Brückner, Martin
Butcher, Tim Alexander
Carulla, Maria
Vignali, Matteo Centis
Dinapoli, Roberto
Ebner, Simon
Ficorella, Francesco
Fröjdh, Erik
Greiffenberg, Dominic
Ali, Omar Hammad
Hasanaj, Shqipe
Heymes, Julian
Hinger, Viktoria
King, Thomas
Kozlowski, Pawel
Lopez-Cuenca, Carlos
Mezza, Davide
Moustakas, Konstantinos
Mozzanica, Aldo
Paternoster, Giovanni
Paton, Kirsty A.
Ronchin, Sabina
Ruder, Christian
Schmitt, Bernd
Thattil, Dhanya
Xie, Xiangyu
Zhang, Jiaguo
.
author_facet Liguori, Antonio
Barten, Rebecca
Baruffaldi, Filippo
Bergamaschi, Anna
Borghi, Giacomo
Boscardin, Maurizio
Brückner, Martin
Butcher, Tim Alexander
Carulla, Maria
Vignali, Matteo Centis
Dinapoli, Roberto
Ebner, Simon
Ficorella, Francesco
Fröjdh, Erik
Greiffenberg, Dominic
Ali, Omar Hammad
Hasanaj, Shqipe
Heymes, Julian
Hinger, Viktoria
King, Thomas
Kozlowski, Pawel
Lopez-Cuenca, Carlos
Mezza, Davide
Moustakas, Konstantinos
Mozzanica, Aldo
Paternoster, Giovanni
Paton, Kirsty A.
Ronchin, Sabina
Ruder, Christian
Schmitt, Bernd
Thattil, Dhanya
Xie, Xiangyu
Zhang, Jiaguo
.
contents Experiments at synchrotron radiation sources and X-ray Free-Electron Lasers in the soft X-ray energy range ($250$eV--$2$keV) stand to benefit from the adaptation of the hybrid silicon detector technology for low energy photons. Inverse Low Gain Avalanche Diode (iLGAD) sensors provide an internal gain, enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio and allowing single photon detection below $1$keV using hybrid detectors. In addition, an optimization of the entrance window of these sensors enhances their quantum efficiency (QE). In this work, the QE and the gain of a batch of different iLGAD diodes with optimized entrance windows were characterized using soft X-rays at the Surface/Interface:Microscopy beamline of the Swiss Light Source synchrotron. Above $250$eV, the QE is larger than $55\%$ for all sensor variations, while the charge collection efficiency is close to $100\%$. The average gain depends on the gain layer design of the iLGADs and increases with photon energy. A fitting procedure is introduced to extract the multiplication factor as a function of the absorption depth of X-ray photons inside the sensors. In particular, the multiplication factors for electron- and hole-triggered avalanches are estimated, corresponding to photon absorption beyond or before the gain layer, respectively.
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spellingShingle Characterization of iLGADs using soft X-rays
Liguori, Antonio
Barten, Rebecca
Baruffaldi, Filippo
Bergamaschi, Anna
Borghi, Giacomo
Boscardin, Maurizio
Brückner, Martin
Butcher, Tim Alexander
Carulla, Maria
Vignali, Matteo Centis
Dinapoli, Roberto
Ebner, Simon
Ficorella, Francesco
Fröjdh, Erik
Greiffenberg, Dominic
Ali, Omar Hammad
Hasanaj, Shqipe
Heymes, Julian
Hinger, Viktoria
King, Thomas
Kozlowski, Pawel
Lopez-Cuenca, Carlos
Mezza, Davide
Moustakas, Konstantinos
Mozzanica, Aldo
Paternoster, Giovanni
Paton, Kirsty A.
Ronchin, Sabina
Ruder, Christian
Schmitt, Bernd
Thattil, Dhanya
Xie, Xiangyu
Zhang, Jiaguo
.
Instrumentation and Detectors
Experiments at synchrotron radiation sources and X-ray Free-Electron Lasers in the soft X-ray energy range ($250$eV--$2$keV) stand to benefit from the adaptation of the hybrid silicon detector technology for low energy photons. Inverse Low Gain Avalanche Diode (iLGAD) sensors provide an internal gain, enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio and allowing single photon detection below $1$keV using hybrid detectors. In addition, an optimization of the entrance window of these sensors enhances their quantum efficiency (QE). In this work, the QE and the gain of a batch of different iLGAD diodes with optimized entrance windows were characterized using soft X-rays at the Surface/Interface:Microscopy beamline of the Swiss Light Source synchrotron. Above $250$eV, the QE is larger than $55\%$ for all sensor variations, while the charge collection efficiency is close to $100\%$. The average gain depends on the gain layer design of the iLGADs and increases with photon energy. A fitting procedure is introduced to extract the multiplication factor as a function of the absorption depth of X-ray photons inside the sensors. In particular, the multiplication factors for electron- and hole-triggered avalanches are estimated, corresponding to photon absorption beyond or before the gain layer, respectively.
title Characterization of iLGADs using soft X-rays
topic Instrumentation and Detectors
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.14706