Title :
Radiation tolerance tests of small-sized CsI(Tl) scintillators coupled to photodiodes
Author :
Valtonen, E. ; Peltonen, J. ; Dudnik, O.V. ; Kudin, A.M. ; Andersson, H. ; Borodenko, Yu.A. ; Eronen, T. ; Huovelin, J. ; Kettunen, H. ; Kurbatov, E.V. ; Lehti, J. ; Nenonen, S. ; Rossi, M. ; Vainio, R. ; Virtanen, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Turku, Turku, Finland
Abstract :
Radiation tolerance of small-sized CsI(Tl) crystals coupled to silicon photodiodes was studied by using protons. Irradiations up to the fluence of 1012 protons/cm2 were used. Degradation of light output by less than 5% was achieved.
Keywords :
photodiodes; proton effects; scintillation counters; tolerance analysis; degradation of light output; irradiations; protons; radiation tolerance tests; small-silicon photodiodes; small-sized CsI(Tl) scintillators; Crystals; Energy loss; Leakage current; Particle beams; Photodiodes; Protons; Radiation effects; Cesium iodide; crystals; radiation effects; scintillation detectors;
Conference_Titel :
Radiation and Its Effects on Components and Systems (RADECS), 2008 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Jyvaskyla
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0481-9
DOI :
10.1109/RADECS.2008.5782741