TY - JOUR
T1 - Failure modes of large surface avalanche photo diodes in high-energy physics environments
AU - Anzivino, G.
AU - Bai, J.
AU - Bencheikh, B.
AU - Contin, A.
AU - Desalvo, R.
AU - Fagen, S.
AU - He, H.
AU - Liu, L.
AU - Lundin, M.
AU - Madden, R. M.
AU - Mondardini, M. R.
AU - Szawlowski, M.
AU - Wang, K.
AU - Xia, X.
AU - Yang, C.
AU - Zhao, M.
PY - 1999/6
Y1 - 1999/6
N2 - Large area avalanche photo diodes (APD), a new and very promising type of light detector, were tested at high gain on a beam line and suddenly failed. A detailed study of the failure modes showed that these devices, if used at low gain and with special care, may actually be used in high-energy physics environments and indicates the road of development toward radiation hard, large area APDs. No problem was found when APDs are operated in absence of highly ionizing particles.
AB - Large area avalanche photo diodes (APD), a new and very promising type of light detector, were tested at high gain on a beam line and suddenly failed. A detailed study of the failure modes showed that these devices, if used at low gain and with special care, may actually be used in high-energy physics environments and indicates the road of development toward radiation hard, large area APDs. No problem was found when APDs are operated in absence of highly ionizing particles.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)00203-X
DO - 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)00203-X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032679452
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 430
SP - 100
EP - 109
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
IS - 1
ER -