Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989stin...8926204b&link_type=abstract
Contractor Report, 30 Sep. 1987 - 10 Jun. 1988 Rockwell International Science Center, Anaheim, CA.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Astronomy, Carrier Transport (Solid State), Donor Materials, Epitaxy, Infrared Detectors, Photomultiplier Tubes, Quantum Efficiency, Solid State Devices, Transport Theory, Vapor Deposition, Acceptor Materials, Boltzmann Transport Equation, Electron Avalanche, Electron Scattering, Temperature Distribution
Scientific paper
Epitaxial layers with varying donor concentration profiles were grown on silicon substrate wafers using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) techniques, and solid state photomultiplier (SSPM) devices were fabricated from the wafers. Representative detectors were tested in a low background photon flux, low temperature environment to determine the device characteristics for comparison to NASA goals for astronomical applications. The SSPM temperatures varied between 6 and 11 K with background fluxes in the range from less than 5 x 10 to the 6th power to 10 to the 13th power photons/square cm per second at wavelengths of 3.2 and 20 cm. Measured parameters included quantum efficiency, dark count rate and bias current. Temperature for optimal performance is 10 K, the highest ever obtained for SSPMs. The devices exhibit a combination of the lowest dark current and highest quantum efficiency yet achieved. Experimental data were reduced, analyzed and used to generate recommendations for future studies. The background and present status of the microscopic theory of SSPM operation were reviewed and summarized. Present emphasis is on modeling of the avalanche process which is the basis for SSPM operation. Approaches to the solution of the Boltzmann transport equation are described and the treatment of electron scattering mechanisms is presented. The microscopic single-electron transport theory is ready to be implemented for large-scale computations.
Besser P. J.
Hays Kenneth M.
LaViolette Randall A.
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