21st "Trento" Workshop on Advanced Silicon Radiation Detectors

from Tuesday, February 17, 2026 (8:30 AM) to Thursday, February 19, 2026 (6:45 PM)
Palazzo dei Priori, Perugia, Italy (Sala dei Notari)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Feb 17, 2026
Feb 18, 2026
Feb 19, 2026
AM
8:30 AM
Registration (until 9:00 AM)
9:00 AM
Welcome (until 9:35 AM)
9:00 AM TREDI2026 - Scientific overview - Gian-Franco Dalla Betta (INFN and University of Trento) Gian-Franco Dalla Betta (INFN and University of Trento) Prof. Gian Franco Dalla Betta (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN (IT)) Maurizio Boscardin (Fondazione Bruno Kessler (IT)) Maurizio Boscardin (FBK Trento)  
9:10 AM Welcome by the Directors of INFN-Perugia and the Department of Physics and Geology - Patrizia Cenci (INFN Perugia (IT)) alessandro paciaroni  
9:20 AM Logistic - Matteo Duranti (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT))  
9:35 AM
CMOS - Norbert Wermes (University of Bonn (DE)) (until 10:35 AM)
9:35 AM The Mu3e Vertex Detector - Luigi Vigani (Heidelberg University (DE))  
9:55 AM Testbeam results of the MiniCactus V2 timing demonstrator - Joaquim Pinol Bel (IFAE)  
10:15 AM Simulation and characterisation of sensors with intrinsic gain in LFoundry 150 nm process - Archie William Hanlon (University of Liverpool)  
10:35 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:05 AM
Invited 1 (until 11:30 AM)
11:05 AM Recent developments in Low Gain Avalanche Diodes - Alessandro Tricoli (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))  
11:30 AM
LGAD 1 - Valentina Sola (Universita e INFN Torino (IT)) (until 12:30 PM)
11:30 AM Performance of irradiated TI-LGADs at 120 GeV SPS pion beams - Antonio Gomez Carrera (Universidad de Cantabria and CSIC (ES))  
11:50 AM Mortality of ultra-thin LGADs from high energy deposition - Alessandro Tricoli (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))  
12:10 PM Processing and compression of signal shared AC-LGADs - Gaetano Barone (Brown University)  
9:00 AM
Invited 2 (until 9:25 AM)
9:00 AM The Gain Layer Project – A study of radiation damage to gain layers - Michael Moll (CERN)  
9:25 AM
Planar Devices - Claudia Gemme (INFN Genova (IT)) (until 10:45 AM)
9:25 AM 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))  
9:45 AM Sensor R&D for VELO Upgrade 2 - Sara Cesare (CERN) Kazu Akiba (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))  
10:05 AM Profiling 3D Doping Concentration for Silicon Sensors - Mr Xiangyu Xie (Paul Scherrer Institut)  
10:25 AM 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 AM --- Coffee Break ---
11:05 AM
LGAD 2 -Prof. Ivan Vila Alvarez (Instituto de Física de Cantabria (CSIC-UC)) (until 12:25 PM)
11:05 AM Defect Analysis Behind the Donor Removal in n-type Low Gain Avalanche Detectors (nLGADs) - Pablo Fernandez-Martinez (IMB-CNM, CSIC)  
11:25 AM Characterisation of the first 55 μm thick nLGAD sensors from FBK - Ludovico Massaccesi  
11:45 AM Optimization of low gain avalanche detectors (LGAD) for sensing low energy electrons - Kevin Lauer (CIS Institut fuer Mikrosensorik GmbH (DE))  
12:05 PM Optimizing LGAD Technology for Soft X-Ray Detection: The Deep-Junction LGAD - Francesca Capocasa  
9:00 AM
Invited 4 (until 9:25 AM)
9:00 AM Performance and design review of the FBK DC-RSD1 production. - Roberta Arcidiacono (Universita' del Piemonte Orientale e INFN Torino (IT))  
9:25 AM
LGAD 3 -Dr Giulio Pellegrini (Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (IMB-CNM-CSIC) (ES)) (until 10:25 AM)
9:25 AM Serial readout of LGAD detectors for cosmic-ray space-borne instruments - Matteo Duranti (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT))  
9:45 AM Transforming Single-Sided LGADs into Double-Sided Detectors, Concept and Proof-of-Principle Prototype Performance. - Jerzy Pietraszko  
10:05 AM 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 AM --- Coffee Break ---
10:45 AM
Technology - Maurizio Boscardin (FBK Trento) (until 12:25 PM)
10:45 AM Effects of Microwave Annealing on Surface and Bulk Defects in Silicon Devices - Andrew Donald Gentry (University of New Mexico (US))  
11:05 AM Development for the Belle II vertex detector upgrade with depleted monolithic active pixel sensors. - .Yoshiyuki Onuki (University of Tokyo)  
11:25 AM Microlens arrays for advanced silicon photon & radiation detectors - Frédéric Zanella  
11:45 AM Preliminary Results on the Timing Response of CMOS LGADs for the ALICE 3 Experiment - Gaia Fabbri (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))  
12:05 PM Comparison of the performance of hydrogenated amorphous silicon sensors designed with different contacts configurations - Federico Cittadini (Università di Padova & INFN Perugia)  
PM
12:30 PM --- Launch - Peppone ---
12:30 PM --- Lunch - Dal Mi' Cocco ---
2:00 PM
Poster Session - Arianna Morozzi (INFN, Perugia (IT)) (until 3:20 PM)
2:00 PM Development of Germanium Drift Detectors for Hard X-Ray Spectroscopy - Francesca Capocasa  
2:01 PM New time-of-flight ion imaging system based on LGADs - Dr Felix Ulrich-Pur (TU Wien, Atominstitut)  
2:02 PM Small Pixel IME-CAS 3D Silicon Sensors with Gain Characterized with Multi-Photon TCT - Gordana Lastovicka Medin (University of Montenegro (ME))  
2:04 PM Development of hybrid perovskite on silicon X-ray detectors - Lucio Pancheri (University of Trento and TIFPA-INFN)  
2:05 PM 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))  
2:06 PM The Performance study on LHCb UP Detector in Upgrade II - Yisheng Fu (Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN))  
2:07 PM Design of Monolithic Low Gain Avalanche Detectors (LGADs): A TCAD Simulation Study - Mei Zhao (Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN))  
2:08 PM Calibration and tuning studies of the Mu3e Vertex Detector - Thomas Senger  
2:09 PM 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))  
2:10 PM Characterization of X-ray Radiation Effects on Ferroelectric Materials for Improved Electronic Devices - Arianna Morozzi (INFN, Perugia (IT))  
2:11 PM The CMS pixel tracker upgrade for High-Luminosity LHC: from sensors to the full detector - Michael Grippo (INFN Torino (IT))  
2:12 PM Updates on 3D Silicon Detectors activities at FBK - Dr Sabina Ronchin (FBK)  
2:13 PM Developments of glass-less TSV interconnections for SiPM at FBK - Ibrahim Hany (Fondazione Bruno Kessler)  
2:14 PM N-type LGADs for Particle and Photon Detection - Omar Hammad Ali  
2:15 PM Development and Simulation of 3D Silicon Pixel Sensors for the LHCb VELO Upgrade 2 - Alfonso Puicercus Gomez (CERN / University of Groningen)  
2:16 PM Characterization of iLGAD Sensors Coupled to the JUNGFRAU ASIC for High-Performance Soft X-ray Detection - Dr Viktoria Hinger (Paul Scherrer Institut)  
2:17 PM Simulation of 3D 4H-SiC pixel sensors - Emad Shabir Hamdani  
2:18 PM Design and implementation of a pulsed LED low light level source for measuring SiPM parameters - Lucian Nicolae Cojocariu (Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (RO)) Mr Cristian-Constantin Radulescu (Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (RO))  
2:19 PM Application of exhaustive simulation flow for advanced performance prediction of monolithic active pixel sensors - Elio Sacchetti (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))  
2:21 PM Results from an HV-MAPS-Based Detector Prototype for Position-Resolved μSR Measurements - Lukas Mandok  
2:22 PM How to operate a compensated LGAD - Simone Galletto (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))  
2:23 PM Fast Timing and TCT Measurement Results of CNM double-sided 3D sensors - Fabian Simon Lex (University of Freiburg (DE))  
2:25 PM Silicon Tracking for Particle Therapy and Space Radioprotection: recent results from the FOOT experiment - Giacomo Ubaldi (INFN - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Bologna)  
2:26 PM Current and low-field carrier mobility in silicon sensors irradiated to extreme fluences - Christian Scharf (Humboldt University of Berlin (DE))  
2:27 PM Novel Strip-like Readout Geometries in Resistive AC-coupled Silicon Detectors (RSD/ AC-LGAD) - Mr Ling Leander Grimm (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))  
2:28 PM Charge pump in 180 nm SOI technology for biasing silicon drift detectors with different regulation schemes - Tobias Michel (Universität der Bundeswehr München)  
2:29 PM Studies of radiation damage in the silicon oxide layer with CMS HGCAL test structures - Eva Fialova (CERN)  
2:30 PM Study of Gain and Time-Resolution Dependence on Trench Geometry and Doping of Trench-Isolated LGADs - Benjamin Stuart Urbach (The University of Edinburgh (GB))  
2:31 PM GPU-Accelerated Simulation of 3D Diamond Sensors Using the TeRABIT Infrastructure - Clarissa Buti (Universita e INFN, Firenze (IT))  
2:32 PM Overview on the Assembly and Testing of the Vertex Detector of the Mu3e Experiment - Afiq Azraei Bin Rishinsa (Heidelberg University (DE))  
2:33 PM The LGAD-based Beam Monitoring detector for ATLAS (BMA) - Elisa Sanzani (Universita Di Bologna (IT))  
2:34 PM The ALADDIN detector at LHC: pixel detectors - Paolo Gandini (INFN Milano (IT))  
2:35 PM Reliability assessment of CMS drift tube readout electronics for the HL-LHC upgrade - Marco Toffano (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT))  
2:36 PM A Readout ASIC for Microdosimeters - Simon Emanuel Waid (Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT))  
2:37 PM Deep learning for sub-pixel X-ray localization at high flux - Mr Xiangyu Xie (Paul Scherrer Institut)  
2:38 PM Measurements and simulation of X-ray radiation damage effects on CNM n-type 4H-SiC MOS capacitors - Khaoula Aouadj (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)  
2:39 PM TCAD Studies of radiation effects on CMOS Strip sensors - Iveta Zatocilova (University of Freiburg (DE))  
2:40 PM Development of Position Sensitive Deep Transient Spectroscopy as a background mitigation tool for CCD-based dark matter searches - Dr Vagelis Gkougkousis (University of Zurich)  
2:41 PM Design and Development of a Test Equipment for Silicon Drift Detector Front End Electronics - Ajay Sharma (University Of Padova / INAF-OAS-Bologna)  
2:42 PM Up-to-date test beam results of ATLAS ITk Pixel sensors and modules - Austin Schmier (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN (IT))  
2:43 PM Temperature dependence of the annealing behavior of silicon produced on 8-inch wafers for CMS HGCAL - Leena Diehl (University of Zurich (CH))  
2:44 PM Development of an open-source FEM simulation tool for aluminum PCBs based on PALACE-FEM - Luca Baudino (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))  
2:45 PM Parylene Aluminium Filters (ParAlF) for Silicon based X-ray Detection Systems - Smiriti Srivastava (INAF OAS Bologna, Italy)  
2:46 PM Current Status and Progress of the SiPM Camera Upgrade in the Prototype SCT - Dr Francesca Romana for the pSCT Collaboration pantaleo (Dipartimento Interateneo dell'Università e del Politecnico di Bari, INFN Bari)  
2:47 PM Investigating the behavior of amorphous-Silicon pixels under UHDR flash proton irradiation - Khalil El Achi  
2:48 PM CMS Pixel Detector Status, Challenges, and Performance in Run 3 - Guru Reddy (Kansas State University (US))  
3:20 PM --- Coffee break ---
3:50 PM
3D Detectors - Gian-Franco Dalla Betta (INFN and University of Trento) (until 5:30 PM)
3:50 PM Control of the 3D FBK sensors leakage currents during pixel detector construction - Lucrezia Boccardo (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))  
4:10 PM The 3D pixel tracker of the CMS Precision Proton Spectrometer in Run 3 - Anna Gianatti (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))  
4:30 PM Photon detection using 3D sensors with geometrical gain: The OPTIME 3D silicon sensor - Angelo Loi  
4:50 PM 3D pixel sensors for the CMS Phase-2 Inner Tracker: a 10-years journey - Davide Zuolo (University of Colorado - Boulder (US))  
5:10 PM Small cell 3D detectors with intrinsic gain - Marko Puklavec (Jozef Stefan Institute (SI))  
7:30 PM --- Welcome Cocktail ---
12:25 PM --- Launch - Peppone ---
12:25 PM --- Lunch - Dal Mi' Cocco ---
2:05 PM
Invited 3 (until 2:30 PM)
2:05 PM Development of Segmented 4H-SiC LGADs - Peter Svihra (Czech Academy of Sciences (CZ), Czech Technical University in Prague (CZ))  
2:30 PM
Wide Bandgap Devices - Thomas Bergauer (Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT)) (until 3:30 PM)
2:30 PM Sub-Nanosecond Resolved Beam Structure Measurements Using a Fast Silicon Carbide Readout - Matthias Knopf  
2:50 PM 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))  
3:10 PM Barrier Inhomogeneity and Temperature Dependence of Electrical Parameters in GaN Homoepitaxial Schottky Diodes – An Evaluation Towards Functional Radiation Detectors - Jack Nickson (IMB-CNM)  
3:30 PM --- Coffee Break ---
4:00 PM
Simulations - Michael Moll (CERN) (until 5:00 PM)
4:00 PM Van der Pauw test structures as a probe for doping removal in LGAD sensors - Alessandro Fondacci (University and INFN Perugia (IT))  
4:20 PM 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)  
4:40 PM A TCAD Simulation Framework for DLTS-based Defect Characterisation in Solid-State Particle Detectors - Tommaso Croci (INFN, Perugia Unit)  
5:30 PM --- Visit to Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria ---
5:30 PM --- Visit to Perugia Sotterranea ---
8:00 PM --- Social Dinner at "Ristorante del Sole" ---
12:25 PM --- Launch - Peppone ---
12:25 PM --- Lunch - Dal Mi' Cocco ---
2:05 PM
LGAD 4 - Nicolo Cartiglia (INFN Torino (IT)) (until 3:25 PM)
2:05 PM Characterization of ALTIROC-A modules for the ATLAS High-Granularity Timing Detector - Pau Fuste Martin (The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) (ES))  
2:25 PM Performance of the renewed IMB-CNM LGAD technology before and after irradiation - Florent Dougados (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) (ES))  
2:45 PM Radiation-Tolerance Improvement Studies of the LGAD Gain Layer in HPK Sensors - Koji Nakamura (KEK High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (JP))  
3:05 PM TI-LGAD Timing performance with Timepix4: From Laser-Based Calibration to Test Beam - Tjip Bischoff (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))  
3:25 PM --- Coffee Break ---
3:55 PM
Electronics and System -Prof. Daniele Passeri (Universita e INFN Perugia (IT)) (until 5:15 PM)
3:55 PM CASSIA: A CMOS Active Pixel Sensor with Internal Gain and Implementation of In-Pixel Frontend and Readout - Sebastian Haberl (University of Innsbruck (AT))  
4:15 PM 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))  
4:35 PM 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)  
4:55 PM 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)  
5:15 PM
Conference Closing (until 5:25 PM)