Abstract
We consider space-based radiation damage and its cumulative effect on detector dark counts for satellite-based silicon single-photon detectors, arising from natural radiation as well as from a nuclear disturbed environment caused by a high-altitude nuclear explosion.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2021 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference, RAPID 2021 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781665422239 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2021 |
Event | 4th IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference, RAPID 2021 - Virtual, Online, United States Duration: Aug 2 2021 → Aug 4 2021 |
Publication series
Name | 2021 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference, RAPID 2021 |
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Conference
Conference | 4th IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference, RAPID 2021 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Virtual, Online |
Period | 08/2/21 → 08/4/21 |
Funding
This work was funded by the United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency under project HDTRA1-93-1-201. This manuscript has been coauthored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).
Keywords
- Radiation-induced dark counts
- Satellites
- Single photon avalanche diodes