Yousef, Hazem: Energy dependent charge spread function in a dedicated synchrotron beam pnCCD detector. 2011
Inhalt
- Zusammenfassung
- Abstract
- Contents
- 1. The pnCCD Structure: Device and Readout Design
- A. The pnCCD Architecture
- B. The Readout Process and the associated electronics
- C. Related Semiconductor Physics Relations
- D. The Potential Profile in the Silicon Substrate
- 2. Characterization and Operational Parameters of the pnCCD
- A. Attenuation of Photon Beam in Silicon
- B. The Position Resolution and Charge Sharing
- C. Energy Resolution
- D. The Quantum Efficiency
- E. Leakage Current and Readout Noise
- F. Common Mode Noise
- G. Charge Transfer Noise
- H. Pile-up Events
- I. Parallax Effect
- 3. Theoretical Computation and Expectations
- A. The Detection of the X-rays
- B. The Computation Process
- C. Charge Collection Time
- D. Charge Cloud Expansion
- E. Numerical Model of the Charge Spread
- F. Expectations from the Numerical Model
- 4. Experimental Set-up and Data Handling
- A. The Objective of the Experiment
- B. The Experimental Technique
- C. The Edge Profiles
- D. Data Handling and Correction Procedure
- 5. Measurements and Results
- A. X-ray Spectra and Energy Resolution
- B. Inclined X-ray Beam Track
- C. Perpendicular Beam Incidence: Charge Cloud Size as a Function of PhotonEnergy
- D. Experimental Challenges
- 6. Conclusions and Outlook
- References
- Acknowledgments