Sub-nanosecond time-of-flight for segmented silicon detectors

  • R. T. Desouza
  • , A. Alexander
  • , K. Brown
  • , B. Floyd
  • , Z. Q. Gosser
  • , S. Hudan
  • , J. Poehlman
  • , M. J. Rudolph

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Abstract

Development of a multichannel time-of-flight system for readout of a segmented, ion-passivated, ion-implanted silicon detector is described. This system provides sub-nanosecond resolution (δt≈370ps) even for low energy α particles which deposit E≤7.687MeV in the detector.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)133-136
Number of pages4
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume632
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 11 2011
Externally publishedYes

Funding

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the U.S. Department of Energy under Grant. No. DE-FG02-88ER-40404.

Keywords

  • Fast timing
  • Segmented silicon detectors
  • Silicon electronics
  • Time-of-flight

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