Gain measurements of the first proof-of-concept PicoAD prototype with a <sup>55</sup>Fe X-ray radioactive source

Milanesio, Matteo; Iacobucci, Giuseppe; Paolozzi, Lorenzo; Muenker, Magdalena; Cardella, Roberto Calogero; Gurimskaya, Y.; Martinelli, Florian; Picardi, Antonio; Rücker, H.; Trusch, A.; Valerio, Pierpaolo; Cadoux, Franck; Cardarelli, Roberto; Débieux, Stéphane; Favre, Yannick; Ferrere, Didier; Gonzalez Sevilla, Sergio; Kotitsa, Rafaella Eleni; Magliocca, Chiara; Moretti, Théo; Nessi, Marzio; Saidi, Jihad; Vicente Barreto Pinto, Mateus; Zambito, Stefano

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2022.167807

Scientific article

English

Gain measurements of the first proof-of-concept PicoAD prototype with a ⁵⁵Fe X-ray radioactive source

Published inNuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, vol. 1046, 167807

Publication date2023

Abstract

The Picosecond Avalanche Detector is a multi-junction silicon pixel detector devised to enable charged-particle tracking with high spatial resolution and picosecond time-stamping capability. A proof-of-concept prototype of the PicoAD sensor has been produced by IHP microelectronics. Measurements with a ⁵⁵Fe X-ray radioactive source show that the prototype is functional with an avalanche gain up to a maximum electron gain of 23.

Keywords

Silicon sensors
Monolithic sensors
4D-tracking
Picosecond timing resolution
Gain layer

Affiliation entities

Faculté des sciences / Section de physique / Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire

Research groups

Groupe Iacobucci

Citation (ISO format)

MILANESIO, Matteo et al. Gain measurements of the first proof-of-concept PicoAD prototype with a ⁵⁵Fe X-ray radioactive source. In: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 2023, vol. 1046, p. 167807. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2022.167807