In recent years synchrotron x-ray microprobes and nanoprobes have emerged as key
characterization tools with a remarkable impact for different scientific fields including solid …

Silicon radiation detectors, a special type of microelectronic sensor which plays a crucial
role in many applications, are reviewed in this paper, focusing on fabrication aspects. After …

We show the developments carried out to improve the silicon sensor technology for the
detection of soft X-rays with hybrid X-ray detectors. An optimization of the entrance window …

Radiation-hard optical links are the backbone of read-out systems in high-energy physics
(HEP) experiments at CERN. The optical components must withstand large doses of …

A comprehensive numerical model which accounts for surface damage effects induced by
radiation on silicon particle detectors is presented with reference to the state-of-the-art …

Silicon photonics (SiPh) shows considerable potential as a radiation-hard technology for
building the optical data transmission links for future high-energy physics (HEP) experiments …

Silicon sensors in next generation hadron colliders will face a tremendously harsh radiation
environment. Requirement to study rarest reaction channels with statistical constraints has …

Passive silicon photonic waveguides are exposed to gamma radiation to understand how
the performance of silicon photonic integrated circuits is affected in harsh environments such …

For experiments at the European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL) the Adaptive Gain
Integrating Pixel Detector (AGIPD) is under development. The particular requirements …

A systematic experimental study of the main challenges for silicon-pixel sensors at the
European XFEL is presented. The high instantaneous density of X-rays and the high …