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High temperature AlInP X-ray spectrometers
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posted on 2023-06-07, 08:29 authored by Shifan Zhao, Silvia Butera, Grammatiki LioliouGrammatiki Lioliou, A B Krysa, Anna BarnettAnna BarnettTwo custom-made Al0.52In0.48P p+-i-n+ mesa photodiodes with different diameters (217 µm ± 15 µm and 409 µm ± 28 µm) and i layer thicknesses of 6 µm have been electrically characterised over the temperature range 0 °C to 100 °C. Each photodiode was then investigated as a high-temperature-tolerant photon counting X-ray detector by connecting it to a custom-made low-noise charge-sensitive preamplifier and illuminating it with an 55Fe radioisotope X-ray source (Mn Ka = 5.9 keV; Mn Kß = 6.49 keV). At 100 °C, the best energy resolutions (full width at half maximum at 5.9 keV) achieved using the 217 µm ± 15 µm diameter photodiode and the 409 µm ±28 µm diameter photodiode were 1.31 keV ± 0.04 keV and 1.64 keV ±0.08 keV, respectively. Noise analysis of the system is presented. The dielectric dissipation factor of Al0.52In0.48P was estimated as a function of temperature, up to 100 °C. The results show the performance of the thickest Al0.52In0.48P X-ray detectors so far reported at high temperature. The work has relevance for the development of novel space science instrumentation for use in hot space environments and extreme terrestrial applications.
Funding
Radioisotope Microbatteries; G1951; STFC-SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL; ST/P001815/1
Novel X-ray/[gamma]-ray Detectors; G2260; STFC-SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL; ST/R001804/1
Photon counting X-ray and gamma-ray spectroscopy with Al0.52In0.48P detectors; G2140; EPSRC-ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL; EP/P021271/1
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Scientific ReportsISSN
2045-2322Publisher
Nature Publishing GroupExternal DOI
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9Article number
a12155Department affiliated with
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- Space Research Group Publications
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A.M.B. acknowledges funding received from The Leverhulme Trust, UK, in the form of a 2016 Philip Leverhulme Prize. The authors are grateful to R.J. Airey and S. Kumar at the EPSRC National Epitaxy Facility for device fabrication.Full text available
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