Ústav technické a experimentální fyziky Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics

Study of charge sharing in a silicon pixel detector with heavy ionizing particles interacting with a Medipix2 device

NázevTitle
Study of charge sharing in a silicon pixel detector with heavy ionizing particles interacting with a Medipix2 deviceStudy of charge sharing in a silicon pixel detector with heavy ionizing particles interacting with a Medipix2 device
Druh výsledkuResult type
Článek v časopiseJournal article
AutořiAuthors
J. Bouchami, A. Gutierrez, A. Houdayer, J. Idarraga, J. Jakůbek, C. Lebel, C. Leroy, J.P. Martin, M. Platkevič, S. Pospíšil
DOIDOI
10.1016/j.nima.2009.03.147
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2009, 607(1), 196-198. ISSN 0168-9002.
RokYear
2009
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
000268987900056
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-67650145229
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21670/09:00165386!RIV10-MSM-21670___
ProjektProject
Příprava, modifikace a charakterizace materiálů energetickým zářenímPreparation, Modification and Characterization of Materials by Energetic Radiation; Využití radionuklidů a ionizujícího zářeníApplication of radionuclides and ionising radiation; Fundamentální experimenty ve fyzice mikrosvětaFundamental Experiments in Physics of Microworld

AbstraktAbstract

The charge sharing effect among adjacent pixels of a Medipix2 pixel detector comes from the lateral spread of charges generated from the interaction of an ionizing particle in silicon. The charge sharing follows specific ionizing losses of particle along its track in silicon influenced by several effects that cause the lateral spread of the charge such as the plasma effect, charge column erosion and funneling on top of diffusion and drift processes in an electric field. A model that takes into account these effects has been used to fit results of cluster size measurements as a function of the bias voltage for a Medipix2 silicon pixel detector (256 x 256 pixels, each measuring 55 mu m x 55 mu m x 300 mu m) exposed to a beam of heavily ionizing particles (protons, alpha-particles, carbon, and oxygen ions). Results on the response of the device to protons with different incident angles are also presented.

The charge sharing effect among adjacent pixels of a Medipix2 pixel detector comes from the lateral spread of charges generated from the interaction of an ionizing particle in silicon. The charge sharing follows specific ionizing losses of particle along its track in silicon influenced by several effects that cause the lateral spread of the charge such as the plasma effect, charge column erosion and funneling on top of diffusion and drift processes in an electric field. A model that takes into account these effects has been used to fit results of cluster size measurements as a function of the bias voltage for a Medipix2 silicon pixel detector (256 x 256 pixels, each measuring 55 mu m x 55 mu m x 300 mu m) exposed to a beam of heavily ionizing particles (protons, alpha-particles, carbon, and oxygen ions). Results on the response of the device to protons with different incident angles are also presented.