학술논문

Micro-inhomogeneity effects and radiation damage in semi-insulating GaAs radiation detectors
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on. 45(3):591-596 Jun, 1998
Subject
Nuclear Engineering
Bioengineering
Gallium arsenide
Radiation detectors
Laser excitation
Voltage
Schottky diodes
Protons
Electrical resistance measurement
Temperature
Physics
Extraterrestrial measurements
Language
ISSN
0018-9499
1558-1578
Abstract
Thermally-stimulated current (TSC) measurements and a detailed analysis of current-voltage (I-V) characteristics have been made on semi-insulating GaAs (SI-GaAs) Schottky diode particle detectors, fabricated on substrates from several suppliers, before and after irradiation with 24 GeV protons and 300 MeV pions. The analysis of I-V characteristics allows the determination of the barrier height and bulk resistance in detectors. Changes observed in I-V characteristics and TSC spectra after irradiation are described and a dislocation-net model of radiation-damaged devices is proposed.