Study of a 3D diamond detector with photon and proton micro-beams

Giulio Forcolin, V. Grilj, Bruce Hamilton, Lin Li, Malachy Mcgowan, S. A. Murphy, Alexander Oh, N. Skukan, David Whitehead, Andrij Zadoroshnyj

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    Abstract

    To form a 3D diamond detector electrodes were produced in diamond by a femtosecond laser-induced phase transition of diamond to graphite. The process parameters were varied to study the influence on electrode resistivity and induced stress. A technique for a relative measurement of stress induced in 3D diamond detectors is described. The detector was characterised with a 15 keV photon micro-beam (Diamond Light Source, Oxford) and a 4 MeV proton micro-beam (Ruder Bošković Institute, Zagreb). The detector shows characteristics consistent with full charge collection. Spatially resolved transient current measurements were obtained with protons for the first time, and the results were compared to simulations of the detector.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)75-82
    Number of pages8
    JournalDiamond and Related Materials
    Volume65
    Early online date9 Feb 2016
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2016

    Keywords

    • 3D diamond detector
    • Laser graphitisation of diamond
    • Particle detector
    • Single crystal diamond

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