Fabrication of silicon sensors based on low-gain avalanche diodes

G Giacomini - Frontiers in Physics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Low-Gain Avalanche Diodes are a recently-developed class of silicon sensors.
Characterized by an internal moderate gain that enhances the signal amplitude and if built …

Trench-isolated low gain avalanche diodes (ti-lgads)

G Paternoster, G Borghi, M Boscardin… - IEEE Electron …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a novel design of fine segmented low gain avalanchediodes ('GAD) based on
trench-isolation technique. The proposed design reduces the width of the no-gain inter-pad …

Proton therapy monitoring: spatiotemporal emission reconstruction with prompt gamma timing and implementation with PET detectors

F Pennazio, V Ferrero, G D'Onghia… - Physics in Medicine …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. In this study we introduce spatiotemporal emission reconstruction prompt gamma
timing (SER-PGT), a new method to directly reconstruct the prompt photon emission in the …

[图书][B] An Introduction to Ultra-Fast Silicon Detectors

M Ferrero, R Arcidiacono, M Mandurrino, V Sola… - 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
The book describes the development of innovative silicon sensors known as ultra-fast silicon
detectors for use in the space-time tracking of charge particles. The first comprehensive …

Properties of HPK UFSD after neutron irradiation up to 6e15 n/cm2

Z Galloway, V Fadeyev, P Freeman… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper we report results from a neutron irradiation campaign of Ultra-Fast Silicon
Detectors (UFSD) with fluences of 1e14, 3e14, 6e14, 1e15, 3e15 and 6e15 neq/cm 2. The …

Analysis and numerical design of Resistive AC-Coupled Silicon Detectors (RSD) for 4D particle tracking

M Mandurrino, R Arcidiacono, M Boscardin… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper we present the numerical simulation of silicon detectors with internal gain as
the main tool for 4-dimensional (4D) particle trackers design and optimization. The Low-Gain …

Low gain avalanche diodes for photon science applications

M Centis Vignali, G Paternoster - Frontiers in Physics, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Low Gain Avalanche Diodes (LGADs) are silicon sensors designed to achieve an internal
gain in the order of 10 through the impact ionization process. The development of LGADs …

Characterization of thin LGAD sensors designed for beam monitoring in proton therapy

OAM Villarreal, A Vignati, S Giordanengo… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2023 - Elsevier
A fast 144-channel proton counter prototype, designed for monitoring the fluence rate of
clinical proton beams, is based on a thin Low Gain Avalanche Detector (LGAD), segmented …

Layout and performance of HPK prototype LGAD sensors for the High-Granularity Timing Detector

X Yang, S Alderweireldt, N Atanov, MK Ayoub… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The High-Granularity Timing Detector is a detector proposed for the ATLAS Phase II
upgrade. The detector, based on the Low-Gain Avalanche Detector (LGAD) technology, will …

Performance of LGAD strip detectors for particle counting of therapeutic proton beams

V Monaco, OH Ali, D Bersani, M Abujami… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. The performance of silicon detectors with moderate internal gain, named low-gain
avalanche diodes (LGADs), was studied to investigate their capability to discriminate and …