Speaker
Giulio Pellegrini
(Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (IMB-CNM-CSIC) (ES))
Description
This talk reports the design and the measurements of the last fabrication run of silicon radiation detector with intrinsic multiplication of the charge, called Low Gain Avalanche Detector (LGAD). These new devices are based on the standard Avalanche Photo Diodes (APD) normally used for optical and X-ray detection applications. The main differences to standard APD detectors are the low gain requested to detect high energy charged particles, and the possibility to have fine segmentation pitches: this allows fabrication of microstrip or pixel devices which do not suffer from the limitations normally found in avalanche detectors.
The work has been done in the framework of the RD50 CERN collaboration.
Author
Giulio Pellegrini
(Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (IMB-CNM-CSIC) (ES))
