Novel indium phosphide charged particle detector characterization with a 120 GeV proton beam

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Main Authors: Kim, Sungjoon, Jadhav, Manoj B., Berry, Vikas, Metcalfe, Jessica E., Sumant, Anirudha V.
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Published: 2024
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author Kim, Sungjoon
Jadhav, Manoj B.
Berry, Vikas
Metcalfe, Jessica E.
Sumant, Anirudha V.
author_facet Kim, Sungjoon
Jadhav, Manoj B.
Berry, Vikas
Metcalfe, Jessica E.
Sumant, Anirudha V.
contents Thin film detectors which incorporate semiconductor materials other than silicon have the potential to build upon their unique material properties and offer advantages such as faster response times, operation at room temperature, and radiation hardness. To explore the possibility, promising candidate materials were selected, and particle tracking detectors were fabricated. An indium phosphide detector with a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) structure has been fabricated for particle tracking. The detector was tested using radioactive sources and a high energy proton beam at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. In addition to its simplistic design and fabrication process, the indium phosphide particle detector showed a very fast response time of hundreds of picoseconds for the 120 GeV protons, which are comparable to the ultra-fast silicon detectors. This fast-timing response is attributed to the high electron mobility of indium phosphide. Such material properties can be leveraged to build novel detectors with superlative performance.
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spellingShingle Novel indium phosphide charged particle detector characterization with a 120 GeV proton beam
Kim, Sungjoon
Jadhav, Manoj B.
Berry, Vikas
Metcalfe, Jessica E.
Sumant, Anirudha V.
Instrumentation and Detectors
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Thin film detectors which incorporate semiconductor materials other than silicon have the potential to build upon their unique material properties and offer advantages such as faster response times, operation at room temperature, and radiation hardness. To explore the possibility, promising candidate materials were selected, and particle tracking detectors were fabricated. An indium phosphide detector with a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) structure has been fabricated for particle tracking. The detector was tested using radioactive sources and a high energy proton beam at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. In addition to its simplistic design and fabrication process, the indium phosphide particle detector showed a very fast response time of hundreds of picoseconds for the 120 GeV protons, which are comparable to the ultra-fast silicon detectors. This fast-timing response is attributed to the high electron mobility of indium phosphide. Such material properties can be leveraged to build novel detectors with superlative performance.
title Novel indium phosphide charged particle detector characterization with a 120 GeV proton beam
topic Instrumentation and Detectors
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.12497