Published December 11, 2014 | Version v1
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Radiation hardness of silicon photomultipliers under 60Co γ-ray irradiation

Creators

  • 1. Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi, Zona Industriale, Ottava Strada, 5, 95121, Catania (Italy)
  • 2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, 32000, Haifa (Israel)
  • 3. STMicroelectronics, Stradale Primosole, 50, 95121, Catania (Italy)

Description

Radiation damage in silicon photomultipliers (SiPM) caused by exposure to 60Co γ-rays is experimentally evaluated and discussed. SiPM devices were irradiated to doses up to 9.4 kGy. Dark current, dark count rate, gain, single photon counting capability, and cross-talk probability among SiPM pixels are evaluated as a function of irradiation dose

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.08.028

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2014.08.028;
PII
S0168-9002(14)00957-7;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
767
Journal Page Range
p. 347-352
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46125393
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
COBALT 60; COUNTING RATES; GAMMA RADIATION; IRRADIATION; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION HARDNESS; SILICON
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BOSONS; COBALT ISOTOPES; DOSES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; PHOTOTUBES; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEMIMETALS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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