학술논문

Research on the temperature characteristics of SiPM-based LaBr3(Ce) detectors
Document Type
Article
Source
(2023): 12-18.
Subject
Language
Korean
ISSN
03744884
Abstract
When a satellite-borne detector is being ground calibrated, a standard detector is required to determine the monochromatic X-ray beam energy and intensity. For this purpose, a SiPM-based LaBr3(Ce) detector has been developed. The environmental temperature change may substantially afect the performance of the detector, thus afecting the accuracy of the ground calibration results. To study the efect of temperature change on the performance of the LaBr3(Ce) detector, the performance of the LaBr3(Ce) detector was tested with 241Am and 137Cs γ-ray sources in the high- and low-temperature test chambers. The results showed that within the range of – 20 to 40 °C, the energy resolution of the LaBr3(Ce) detector does not change by more than 1%, nor does the peak-to-total ratio of 241Am and 137Cs. The temperature change has little efect on the performance of the LaBr3(Ce) detector, which meets the requirements for use as a beam monitor. However, the peak location of the radioactive source varies signifcantly with temperature, and the diference with the peak location at room temperature is within 17%. To reduce the variation in the gain of the LaBr3(Ce) detector with temperature, it is necessary to optimize the compensation design of the temperature gain to ensure the stability of the detector gain at various temperatures.
When a satellite-borne detector is being ground calibrated, a standard detector is required to determine the monochromatic X-ray beam energy and intensity. For this purpose, a SiPM-based LaBr3(Ce) detector has been developed. The environmental temperature change may substantially afect the performance of the detector, thus afecting the accuracy of the ground calibration results. To study the efect of temperature change on the performance of the LaBr3(Ce) detector, the performance of the LaBr3(Ce) detector was tested with 241Am and 137Cs γ-ray sources in the high- and low-temperature test chambers. The results showed that within the range of – 20 to 40 °C, the energy resolution of the LaBr3(Ce) detector does not change by more than 1%, nor does the peak-to-total ratio of 241Am and 137Cs. The temperature change has little efect on the performance of the LaBr3(Ce) detector, which meets the requirements for use as a beam monitor. However, the peak location of the radioactive source varies signifcantly with temperature, and the diference with the peak location at room temperature is within 17%. To reduce the variation in the gain of the LaBr3(Ce) detector with temperature, it is necessary to optimize the compensation design of the temperature gain to ensure the stability of the detector gain at various temperatures.