We created a radiation detection device from a plate of high quality polycrystalline CVD diamond, fabricating nano-graphite electrical contacts on both diamond surfaces, by front and back irradiation with a 193 nm ArF excimer laser. We measured the electrode electrical resistance and evaluated a graphite resistivity of about 10−5 Ω ⋅ m. The ohmic nature of the contact graphite/diamond is established measuring the current–voltage characteristic that it is described by a linear behavior up to 90 V, by a Space Charge Limited (SCL) regime above 100 V and below 300 V, and by a Trap Filled Space Charge Limited (TFSCL) regime above 300 V. Finally, we investigated the device response in counting mode to a 60Co γ-rays source and to a 120 GeV proton beam proving its capability to work as a fast nuclear radiation detector.

Laser induced nano-graphite electrical contacts on synthetic polycrystalline CVD diamond for nuclear radiation detection

MARTINO, Maurizio;CARICATO, Anna Paola;CORRADO, Massimo;PINTO, Carlo;SPAGNOLO, Stefania Antonia;
2013-01-01

Abstract

We created a radiation detection device from a plate of high quality polycrystalline CVD diamond, fabricating nano-graphite electrical contacts on both diamond surfaces, by front and back irradiation with a 193 nm ArF excimer laser. We measured the electrode electrical resistance and evaluated a graphite resistivity of about 10−5 Ω ⋅ m. The ohmic nature of the contact graphite/diamond is established measuring the current–voltage characteristic that it is described by a linear behavior up to 90 V, by a Space Charge Limited (SCL) regime above 100 V and below 300 V, and by a Trap Filled Space Charge Limited (TFSCL) regime above 300 V. Finally, we investigated the device response in counting mode to a 60Co γ-rays source and to a 120 GeV proton beam proving its capability to work as a fast nuclear radiation detector.
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