Title of article
Failure modes of large surface avalanche photo diodes in high-energy physics environments
Author/Authors
Anzivino، نويسنده , , G. H. Bai، نويسنده , , J. and Bencheikh، نويسنده , , B. and Contin، نويسنده , , A. and DeSalvo، نويسنده , , R. and Fagen، نويسنده , , S. and He، نويسنده , , H. and Liu، نويسنده , , L. and Lundin، نويسنده , , M. and Madden، نويسنده , , R.M. and Mondardini، نويسنده , , M.R. and Szawlowski، نويسنده , , M. and Wang، نويسنده , , K. and Xia، نويسنده , , X. and Yang، نويسنده , , C. and Zhao، نويسنده , , M.، نويسنده ,
Pages
10
From page
100
To page
109
Abstract
Large area avalanche photo diodes (APD), a new and very promising type of light detector, were tested at high gain on a beam line and suddenly failed. A detailed study of the failure modes showed that these devices, if used at low gain and with special care, may actually be used in high-energy physics environments and indicates the road of development toward radiation hard, large area APDs. No problem was found when APDs are operated in absence of highly ionizing particles.
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Record number
2009222
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