Trapping in proton irradiated p+-n-n+ silicon sensors at fluences anticipated at the HL-LHC outer tracker
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Journal Article
Abstract
The degradation of signal in silicon sensors is studied under conditions expected at the CERN High-Luminosity LHC. 200 μm thick n-type silicon sensors are irradiated with protons of different energies to fluences of up to 3 centerdot 1015 neq/cm2. Pulsed red laser light with a wavelength of 672 nm is used to generate electron-hole pairs in the sensors. The induced signals are used to determine the charge collection efficiencies separately for electrons and holes drifting through the sensor. The effective trapping rates are extracted by comparing the results to simulation. The electric field is simulated using Synopsys device simulation assuming two effective defects. The generation and drift of charge carriers are simulated in an independent simulation based on PixelAV. The effective trapping rates are determined from the measured charge collection efficiencies and the simulated and measured time-resolved current pulses are compared. The effective trapping rates determined for both electrons and holes are about 50% smaller than those obtained using standard extrapolations of studies at low fluences and suggest an improved tracker performance over initial expectations.
Date Issued
2016-04-22
Date Acceptance
2016-03-27
Citation
Journal of Instrumentation, 2016, 11
ISSN
1748-0221
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Instrumentation
Volume
11
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Published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License by IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab srl. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation and DOI.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Instruments & Instrumentation
Detector modelling and simulations II (electric fields, charge transport, multiplication and induction, pulse formation, electron emission, etc)
Radiation damage to detector materials (solid state)
Radiation-hard detectors
Si microstrip and pad detectors
DETECTORS
ELECTRONS
HOLES
physics.ins-det
Nuclear & Particles Physics
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
P04023