Characteristic features of the lineshape in the spectrometry of ions using Si detectors


Characteristic features of the lineshape in the spectrometry of ions using Si detectors

Ilyashenko, I. N.; Strokan, N.; Schmidt, B.

A model which explains the characteristic distortions of the spectral lineshape of a Si detector during the recording of heavy ions is proposed. The appearence of a group of pulses in the right-hand (high-energy) region of the amplitude spectrum is associated with nonequilibrium-charge recombination. The recombination occurs in the skin layer of the detector structure, where charge transfer occurs by diffusion. The amplitude of the signal fluctuates because of the participation of Si recoil atoms, which generate electron-hole pairs at specific cross sections of the "input-window" of the detector. Heavy particles directly produce ionization uniformly over depth, which results in definite losses of charge but is not accompanied by appreciable fluctuations.

  • Semiconductors 30 (1996) 12 pp. 1158-1161

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