Review of amorphous silicon based particle detectors: the quest for single particle detection

N Wyrsch, C Ballif - Semiconductor Science and Technology, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) is attractive for radiation detectors because of its
radiation resistance and processability over large areas with mature Si microfabrication …

High efficiency neutron sensitive amorphous silicon pixel detectors

A Mireshghi, G Cho, JS Drewery… - IEEE transactions on …, 1994 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A multi-layer a-Si: H based thermal neutron detector was designed, fabricated and simulated
by Monte Carlo method. The detector consists of two a-Si: H pin detectors prepared by …

Multi-element-amorphous-silicon-detector-array for real-time imaging and dosimetry of megavoltage photons and diagnostic X rays

LE Antonuk, RA Street - US Patent 5,079,426, 1992 - Google Patents
57 ABSTRACT A multi-element-amorphous-silicon detector-array real time imager and
dosimeter for diagnostic or megavolt age X rays having megavoltage photons having a plu …

Radiation damage of amorphous silicon photodiode sensors

JM Boudry, LE Antonuk - IEEE transactions on nuclear science, 1994 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The effect of/sup 60/Co radiation on the leakage current behavior of hydrogenated
amorphous silicon photodiode sensors has been investigated. These sensors, with an nip …

Thin‐film silicon detectors for particle detection

N Wyrsch, S Dunand, C Miazza, A Shah… - … status solidi (c), 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Integrated particle sensors have been developed using thin‐film on ASIC technology. For
this purpose, hydrogenated amorphous silicon diodes, in various configurations, have been …

Radiation hardness of amorphous silicon particle sensors

N Wyrsch, C Miazza, S Dunand, C Ballif, A Shah… - Journal of non …, 2006 - Elsevier
Radiation tests of 32μm thick hydrogenated amorphous silicon n–i–p diodes have been
performed using a high-energy 24GeV proton beam up to fluences of 2× 1016protons/cm2 …

Modeling a thick hydrogenated amorphous silicon substrate for ionizing radiation detectors

JA Davis, M Boscardin, M Crivellari, L Fanò… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
There is currently a renewed interest in hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) for use in
particle detection applications. Whilst this material has been comprehensively investigated …

Radiation damage studies of amorphous-silicon photodiode sensors for applications in radiotherapy X-ray imaging

LE Antonuk, J Boudry, J Yorkston, CF Wild… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 1990 - Elsevier
The high radiation tolerance of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) is one reason it
has become a candidate for high-energy physics applications and for radiotherapy and …

Development of hydrogenated amorphous silicon sensors for high energy photon radiotherapy imaging

LE Antonuk, J Yorkston, J Boudry… - … on Nuclear Science, 1990 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Measurements with a-Si: H nip photodiodes with sensitive areas of approximately 0.6
mm/sup 2/exposed to a 6 MV radiation therapy treatment beam have been performed. Such …

High-Resolution Photoemission Study of Neutron-Induced Defects in Amorphous Hydrogenated Silicon Devices

F Peverini, M Bizzarri, M Boscardin, L Calcagnile… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, by means of high-resolution photoemission, soft X-ray absorption and atomic
force microscopy, we investigate, for the first time, the mechanisms of damaging, induced by …