Name: 21st "Trento" Workshop on Advanced Silicon Radiation Detectors
Start: 2026-02-17T08:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-02-19T18:45:00+01:00
Location: Palazzo dei Priori, Perugia, Italy

21st "Trento" Workshop on Advanced Silicon Radiation Detectors

from Tuesday, 17 February 2026 (08:30) to Thursday, 19 February 2026 (18:45)

Monday, 16 February 2026
Tuesday, 17 February 2026

08:30 Registration

08:30 - 09:00
Room: Sala dei Notari
09:00 Welcome
09:00 - 09:35
Room: Sala dei Notari
Contributions

09:00 TREDI2026 - Scientific overview - Gian Franco Dalla Betta (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN (IT)) Gian-Franco Dalla Betta (INFN and University of Trento) Gian-Franco Dalla Betta (INFN and University of Trento) Maurizio Boscardin (Fondazione Bruno Kessler (IT)) Maurizio Boscardin (FBK Trento)

09:10 Welcome by the Directors of INFN-Perugia and the Department of Physics and Geology - Patrizia Cenci (INFN Perugia (IT)) alessandro paciaroni

09:20 Logistic - Matteo Duranti (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT))
09:35 CMOS
09:35 - 10:35
Room: Sala dei Notari
Contributions

09:35 The Mu3e Vertex Detector - Luigi Vigani (Heidelberg University (DE))

09:55 Testbeam results of the MiniCactus V2 timing demonstrator - Joaquim Pinol Bel (IFAE)

10:15 Simulation and characterisation of sensors with intrinsic gain in LFoundry 150 nm process - Archie William Hanlon (University of Liverpool)
10:35 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:35 - 11:05
Room: Sala dei Notari
11:05 Invited 1
11:05 - 11:30
Room: Sala dei Notari
Contributions

11:05 Recent developments in Low Gain Avalanche Diodes - Alessandro Tricoli (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))
11:30 LGAD 1
11:30 - 12:30
Room: Sala dei Notari
Contributions

11:30 Performance of irradiated TI-LGADs at 120 GeV SPS pion beams - Antonio Gomez Carrera (Universidad de Cantabria and CSIC (ES))

11:50 Mortality of ultra-thin LGADs from high energy deposition - Alessandro Tricoli (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))

12:10 Processing and compression of signal shared AC-LGADs - Gaetano Barone (Brown University)
12:30 Launch - Peppone
Launch - Peppone
12:30 - 14:00

Lunch - Dal Mi' Cocco
Lunch - Dal Mi' Cocco
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Poster Session
14:00 - 15:20
Room: Sala dei Notari
Contributions

14:00 Development of Germanium Drift Detectors for Hard X-Ray Spectroscopy - Francesca Capocasa

14:01 New time-of-flight ion imaging system based on LGADs - Felix Ulrich-Pur (TU Wien, Atominstitut)

14:02 Small Pixel IME-CAS 3D Silicon Sensors with Gain Characterized with Multi-Photon TCT - Gordana Lastovicka Medin (University of Montenegro (ME))

14:04 Development of hybrid perovskite on silicon X-ray detectors - Lucio Pancheri (University of Trento and TIFPA-INFN)

14:05 Time of Arrival and Charge Collection Studies in 3D Double Column Double Type Silicon Detectors Using Multi-Photon TCT Techniques - Gordana Lastovicka Medin (University of Montenegro (ME))

14:06 The Performance study on LHCb UP Detector in Upgrade II - Yisheng Fu (Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN))

14:07 Design of Monolithic Low Gain Avalanche Detectors (LGADs): A TCAD Simulation Study - Mei Zhao (Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN))

14:08 Calibration and tuning studies of the Mu3e Vertex Detector - Thomas Senger

14:09 SiPM Characterization in a Wide Temperature Range and for High Irradiation Level for the LHCb RICH Upgrade II Detector - Wander Baldini (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT))

14:10 Characterization of X-ray Radiation Effects on Ferroelectric Materials for Improved Electronic Devices - Arianna Morozzi (INFN, Perugia (IT))

14:11 The CMS pixel tracker upgrade for High-Luminosity LHC: from sensors to the full detector - Michael Grippo (INFN Torino (IT))

14:12 Updates on 3D Silicon Detectors activities at FBK - Sabina Ronchin (FBK)

14:13 Developments of glass-less TSV interconnections for SiPM at FBK - Ibrahim Hany (Fondazione Bruno Kessler)

14:14 N-type LGADs for Particle and Photon Detection - Omar Hammad Ali

14:15 Development and Simulation of 3D Silicon Pixel Sensors for the LHCb VELO Upgrade 2 - Alfonso Puicercus Gomez (CERN / University of Groningen)

14:16 Characterization of iLGAD Sensors Coupled to the JUNGFRAU ASIC for High-Performance Soft X-ray Detection - Viktoria Hinger (Paul Scherrer Institut)

14:17 Simulation of 3D 4H-SiC pixel sensors - Emad Shabir Hamdani

14:18 Design and implementation of a pulsed LED low light level source for measuring SiPM parameters - Cristian-Constantin Radulescu (Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (RO)) Lucian Nicolae Cojocariu (Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (RO))

14:19 Application of exhaustive simulation flow for advanced performance prediction of monolithic active pixel sensors - Elio Sacchetti (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

14:21 Results from an HV-MAPS-Based Detector Prototype for Position-Resolved μSR Measurements - Lukas Mandok

14:22 How to operate a compensated LGAD - Simone Galletto (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))

14:23 Fast Timing and TCT Measurement Results of CNM double-sided 3D sensors - Fabian Simon Lex (University of Freiburg (DE))

14:25 Silicon Tracking for Particle Therapy and Space Radioprotection: recent results from the FOOT experiment - Giacomo Ubaldi (INFN - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Bologna)

14:26 Current and low-field carrier mobility in silicon sensors irradiated to extreme fluences - Christian Scharf (Humboldt University of Berlin (DE))

14:27 Novel Strip-like Readout Geometries in Resistive AC-coupled Silicon Detectors (RSD/ AC-LGAD) - Ling Leander Grimm (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))

14:28 Charge pump in 180 nm SOI technology for biasing silicon drift detectors with different regulation schemes - Tobias Michel (Universität der Bundeswehr München)

14:29 Studies of radiation damage in the silicon oxide layer with CMS HGCAL test structures - Eva Fialova (CERN)

14:30 Study of Gain and Time-Resolution Dependence on Trench Geometry and Doping of Trench-Isolated LGADs - Benjamin Stuart Urbach (The University of Edinburgh (GB))

14:31 GPU-Accelerated Simulation of 3D Diamond Sensors Using the TeRABIT Infrastructure - Clarissa Buti (Universita e INFN, Firenze (IT))

14:32 Overview on the Assembly and Testing of the Vertex Detector of the Mu3e Experiment - Afiq Azraei Bin Rishinsa (Heidelberg University (DE))

14:33 The LGAD-based Beam Monitoring detector for ATLAS (BMA) - Elisa Sanzani (Universita Di Bologna (IT))

14:34 The ALADDIN detector at LHC: pixel detectors - Paolo Gandini (INFN Milano (IT))

14:35 Reliability assessment of CMS drift tube readout electronics for the HL-LHC upgrade - Marco Toffano (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT))

14:36 A Readout ASIC for Microdosimeters - Simon Emanuel Waid (Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT))

14:37 Deep learning for sub-pixel X-ray localization at high flux - Xiangyu Xie (Paul Scherrer Institut)

14:38 Measurements and simulation of X-ray radiation damage effects on CNM n-type 4H-SiC MOS capacitors - Khaoula Aouadj (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

14:39 TCAD Studies of radiation effects on CMOS Strip sensors - Iveta Zatocilova (University of Freiburg (DE))

14:40 Development of Position Sensitive Deep Transient Spectroscopy as a background mitigation tool for CCD-based dark matter searches - Vagelis Gkougkousis (University of Zurich)

14:41 Design and Development of a Test Equipment for Silicon Drift Detector Front End Electronics - Ajay Sharma (University Of Padova / INAF-OAS-Bologna)

14:42 Up-to-date test beam results of ATLAS ITk Pixel sensors and modules - Austin Schmier (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN (IT))

14:43 Temperature dependence of the annealing behavior of silicon produced on 8-inch wafers for CMS HGCAL - Leena Diehl (University of Zurich (CH))

14:44 Development of an open-source FEM simulation tool for aluminum PCBs based on PALACE-FEM - Luca Baudino (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))

14:45 Parylene Aluminium Filters (ParAlF) for Silicon based X-ray Detection Systems - Smiriti Srivastava (INAF OAS Bologna, Italy)

14:46 Current Status and Progress of the SiPM Camera Upgrade in the Prototype SCT - Francesca Romana for the pSCT Collaboration pantaleo (Dipartimento Interateneo dell'Università e del Politecnico di Bari, INFN Bari)

14:47 Investigating the behavior of amorphous-Silicon pixels under UHDR flash proton irradiation - Khalil El Achi

14:48 CMS Pixel Detector Status, Challenges, and Performance in Run 3 - Guru Reddy (Kansas State University (US))
15:20 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:20 - 15:50
Room: Sala dei Notari
15:50 3D Detectors
15:50 - 17:30
Room: Sala dei Notari
Contributions

15:50 Control of the 3D FBK sensors leakage currents during pixel detector construction - Lucrezia Boccardo (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))

16:10 The 3D pixel tracker of the CMS Precision Proton Spectrometer in Run 3 - Anna Gianatti (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))

16:30 Photon detection using 3D sensors with geometrical gain: The OPTIME 3D silicon sensor - Angelo Loi

16:50 3D pixel sensors for the CMS Phase-2 Inner Tracker: a 10-years journey - Davide Zuolo (University of Colorado - Boulder (US))

17:10 Small cell 3D detectors with intrinsic gain - Marko Puklavec (Jozef Stefan Institute (SI))
19:30 Welcome Cocktail
Welcome Cocktail
19:30 - 22:30
Wednesday, 18 February 2026
09:00 Invited 2
09:00 - 09:25
Room: Sala dei Notari
Contributions

09:00 The Gain Layer Project – A study of radiation damage to gain layers - Michael Moll (CERN)
09:25 Planar Devices
09:25 - 10:45
Room: Sala dei Notari
Contributions

09:25 The impact of weighting field on timing response of planar pixel sensors measured using TDCpix modules and Timepix4 telescope - Artem Shepelev (University of Birmingham (GB))

09:45 Sensor R&D for VELO Upgrade 2 - Kazu Akiba (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL)) Sara Cesare (CERN)

10:05 Profiling 3D Doping Concentration for Silicon Sensors - Xiangyu Xie (Paul Scherrer Institut)

10:25 Silicon quality control results from the production phase and annealing of radiation defects of the CMS HGCAL Silicon Sensors - Gizem Gul Dincer (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))
10:45 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:05
Room: Sala dei Notari
11:05 LGAD 2
11:05 - 12:25
Room: Sala dei Notari
Contributions

11:05 Defect Analysis Behind the Donor Removal in n-type Low Gain Avalanche Detectors (nLGADs) - Pablo Fernandez-Martinez (IMB-CNM, CSIC)

11:25 Characterisation of the first 55 μm thick nLGAD sensors from FBK - Ludovico Massaccesi

11:45 Optimization of low gain avalanche detectors (LGAD) for sensing low energy electrons - Kevin Lauer (CIS Institut fuer Mikrosensorik GmbH (DE))

12:05 Optimizing LGAD Technology for Soft X-Ray Detection: The Deep-Junction LGAD - Francesca Capocasa
12:25 Launch - Peppone
Launch - Peppone
12:25 - 14:05

Lunch - Dal Mi' Cocco
Lunch - Dal Mi' Cocco
12:25 - 14:05
14:05 Invited 3
14:05 - 14:30
Room: Sala dei Notari
Contributions

14:05 Development of Segmented 4H-SiC LGADs - Peter Svihra (Czech Academy of Sciences (CZ), Czech Technical University in Prague (CZ))
14:30 Wide Bandgap Devices
14:30 - 15:30
Room: Sala dei Notari
Contributions

14:30 Sub-Nanosecond Resolved Beam Structure Measurements Using a Fast Silicon Carbide Readout - Matthias Knopf

14:50 Characterization of Planar 4H-SiC Diodes and DC Resistive Devices from the Second RD50 SiC-LGAD Project Production Run - Sebastian Onder (Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT))

15:10 Barrier Inhomogeneity and Temperature Dependence of Electrical Parameters in GaN Homoepitaxial Schottky Diodes – An Evaluation Towards Functional Radiation Detectors - Jack Nickson (IMB-CNM)
15:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Sala dei Notari
16:00 Simulations
16:00 - 17:00
Room: Sala dei Notari
Contributions

16:00 Van der Pauw test structures as a probe for doping removal in LGAD sensors - Alessandro Fondacci (University and INFN Perugia (IT))

16:20 Comparison of Silvaco and Synopsys TCAD Predictions Including the Perugia Radiation Damage Model in Silicon Pixel Detectors for the HL-LHC - Marco Bomben (APC & Université Paris Cité, Paris (FR)) Tommaso Croci (INFN, Perugia Unit)

16:40 A TCAD Simulation Framework for DLTS-based Defect Characterisation in Solid-State Particle Detectors - Tommaso Croci (INFN, Perugia Unit)
17:30 Visit to Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria
Visit to Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria
17:30 - 20:00

Visit to Perugia Sotterranea
Visit to Perugia Sotterranea
17:30 - 20:00
Room: Cathedral Chiostro

20:00 Social Dinner at "Ristorante del Sole"
Social Dinner at "Ristorante del Sole"
20:00 - 23:00
Room: Sala dei Notari
Thursday, 19 February 2026
09:00 Invited 4
09:00 - 09:25
Room: Sala dei Notari
Contributions

09:00 Performance and design review of the FBK DC-RSD1 production. - Roberta Arcidiacono (Universita' del Piemonte Orientale e INFN Torino (IT))
09:25 LGAD 3
09:25 - 10:25
Room: Sala dei Notari
Contributions

09:25 Serial readout of LGAD detectors for cosmic-ray space-borne instruments - Matteo Duranti (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT))

09:45 Transforming Single-Sided LGADs into Double-Sided Detectors, Concept and Proof-of-Principle Prototype Performance. - Jerzy Pietraszko

10:05 Comparing AC-coupled and DC-coupled resistive LGADs: strengths and weaknesses from TCT and test-beam studies - Luca Menzio (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))
10:25 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:25 - 10:45
Room: Sala dei Notari
10:45 Technology
10:45 - 12:25
Room: Sala dei Notari
Contributions

10:45 Effects of Microwave Annealing on Surface and Bulk Defects in Silicon Devices - Andrew Donald Gentry (University of New Mexico (US))

11:05 Development for the Belle II vertex detector upgrade with depleted monolithic active pixel sensors. - .Yoshiyuki Onuki (University of Tokyo)

11:25 Microlens arrays for advanced silicon photon & radiation detectors - Frédéric Zanella

11:45 Preliminary Results on the Timing Response of CMOS LGADs for the ALICE 3 Experiment - Gaia Fabbri (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))

12:05 Comparison of the performance of hydrogenated amorphous silicon sensors designed with different contacts configurations - Federico Cittadini (Università di Padova & INFN Perugia)
12:25 Launch - Peppone
Launch - Peppone
12:25 - 14:05

Lunch - Dal Mi' Cocco
Lunch - Dal Mi' Cocco
12:25 - 14:05
14:05 LGAD 4
14:05 - 15:25
Room: Sala dei Notari
Contributions

14:05 Characterization of ALTIROC-A modules for the ATLAS High-Granularity Timing Detector - Pau Fuste Martin (The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) (ES))

14:25 Performance of the renewed IMB-CNM LGAD technology before and after irradiation - Florent Dougados (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) (ES))

14:45 Radiation-Tolerance Improvement Studies of the LGAD Gain Layer in HPK Sensors - Koji Nakamura (KEK High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (JP))

15:05 TI-LGAD Timing performance with Timepix4: From Laser-Based Calibration to Test Beam - Tjip Bischoff (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))
15:25 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:25 - 15:55
Room: Sala dei Notari
15:55 Electronics and System
15:55 - 17:15
Room: Sala dei Notari
Contributions

15:55 CASSIA: A CMOS Active Pixel Sensor with Internal Gain and Implementation of In-Pixel Frontend and Readout - Sebastian Haberl (University of Innsbruck (AT))

16:15 Results and perspectives of the IGNITE project on the development of CMOS 28-nm technology ASICs - Luca Palini (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))

16:35 Current Status of the Phase-2 ATLAS ITK Pixel Detector - Juliette Martin (University of Edinburgh) Juliette Martin (The University of Edinburgh, TRIUMF) Juliette Martin (University College London (GB)) Juliette Martin (UCL)

16:55 Design and Current testing results of COFFEE3, a small monolithic active pixel sensor prototype for 55nm HVCMOS validation - Zijun Xu (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
17:15 Conference Closing

17:15 - 17:25
Room: Sala dei Notari