journal article·2016-10-01Open access

Review of amorphous silicon based particle detectors: the quest for single particle detection

N Wyrsch, C Ballif

Abstract

Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) is attractive for radiation detectors because of its radiation resistance and processability over large areas with mature Si microfabrication techniques. While the use of a-Si:H for medical imaging has been very successful, the development of detectors for particle tracking and minimum-ionizing-particle detection has lagged, with almost no practical implementation. This paper reviews the development of various types of a-Si:H-based detectors and discusses their respective achievements and limitations. It also presents more recent developments of detectors that could potentially achieve single particle detection and be integrated in a monolithic fashion into a variety of applications.
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OpenAlex topics: Thin-Film Transistor Technologies · Particle Detector Development and Performance · Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence

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