GaAs Medipix2 hybrid pixel detector

Pasi Kostamo; Seppo Nenonen; Sami Vähänen; Lukas Tlustos; Christer Fröjdh; Michael Campbell; Yuri Zhilyaev; Harri Lipsanen

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2008.03.050

GaAs Medipix2 hybrid pixel detector

Pasi Kostamo^*
, Seppo Nenonen
, Sami Vähänen
, Lukas Tlustos
, Christer Fröjdh
, Michael Campbell
, Yuri Zhilyaev
, Harri Lipsanen

^*Corresponding author for this work

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Helsinki University of Technology
Oxford Instruments Analytical Oy
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Mid Sweden University (MIUN)
Ioffe Institute

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A GaAs Medipix2 hybrid pixel detector based on high purity epitaxial GaAs material was successfully fabricated. The mesa type GaAs sensor with 256×256 pixels and total area of 1.4×1.4 cm² was made of a 140-µm-thick epitaxial p–i–n structure utilizing reactive ion etching. A final thickness of approximately 110 µm for the all-epitaxial sensor element is achieved by back-thinning procedure. The sensor element is bump bonded to a Medipix2 read-out ASIC. The detector is capable of room temperature spectroscopic operation and it demonstrates the potential of GaAs for high resolution X-ray imaging systems operating at room temperature. This work describes the manufacturing process and electrical properties of the GaAs Medipix2 hybrid detector.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	174-177
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	591
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2008.03.050
Publication status	Published - 2008
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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