• DocumentCode
    437975
  • Title

    First test of new semitransparent amorphous silicon sensors

  • Author

    Virto, A.L. ; Calderón, A. ; Luque, J.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. de Fisica de Cantabria, Cantabria Univ., Santander, Spain
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-22 Oct. 2004
  • Firstpage
    1588
  • Abstract
    We present first results on the performance of a new generation of semitransparent amorphous silicon position detectors having good properties such as an intrinsic position resolution better than 5 mum, a spatial point reconstruction precision better than 10 mum, deflection angles smaller than 10 murad and transmission in the visible and NIR higher than 70%. In addition the sensitive area is very large: 30 times 30 mm2.
  • Keywords
    position sensitive particle detectors; silicon radiation detectors; 30 mm; deflection angles; intrinsic position resolution; semitransparent amorphous silicon position detectors; semitransparent amorphous silicon sensors; sensitive area; spatial point reconstruction precision; Amorphous silicon; Electrodes; Laser beams; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic sensors; Photodiodes; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Spatial resolution; Strips; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2004 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Rome
  • ISSN
    1082-3654
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8700-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1082-3654
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2004.1462544
  • Filename
    1462544