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Silicon carbide is a promising material for radiation-hard detectors due to its wide bandgap, low leakage current, high critical electric field, and high saturation velocity. A key obstacle for its use in high-radiation environments is the…

The unique electrical and material properties of 4H-silicon-carbide (4H-SiC) make it a promising candidate material for high rate particle detectors. In contrast to the ubiquitously used silicon (Si), 4H-SiC offers a higher carrier…

Silicon Carbide (SiC) demonstrates significant potential for high-energy particle detection in complex radiation environments due to its exceptional radiation resistance, excellent environmental adaptability, and fast response time.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-04-04 Zaiyi. Li , Xiyuan. Zhang , Congcong. Wang , Haolan. Qu , Jiaxiang. Chen , Peilian. Liu , Suyu. Xiao , Xinbo. Zou , Hai. Lu , Xin. Shi

Silicon carbide (SiC) is a promising material for radiation monitoring in harsh environments, due to its low dark current, high breakdown voltage, high thermal conductivity, and radiation hardness.~This work investigates a SiC-based…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-17 Sen Zhao , Jiaqi Zhou , Chenxi Fu , Congcong Wang , Suyu Xiao , Xinbo Zou , Haolan Qv , Jiaxiang Chen , Xiyuan Zhang , Xin Shi

Silicon carbide (SiC) is a wide band gap semiconductor and an attractive candidate for applications in harsh environments such as space, fusion, or future high luminosity colliders. Due to the large band gap, the leakage currents in SiC…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-10-04 Andreas Gsponer , Philipp Gaggl , Jürgen Maier , Richard Thalmeier , Simon Emanuel Waid , Thomas Bergauer

Due to the increased commercial availability, wide-bandgap semiconductors and their radiation hardness have recently received increased interest from the particle physics community. 4H-Silicon Carbide (SiC), especially, is an attractive…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-12-11 Andreas Gsponer , Philipp Gaggl , Jürgen Burin , Simon Waid , Thomas Bergauer

Silicon carbide (SiC) planar PiN diodes from two different manufacturers were irradiated with 252.7 MeV protons from a medical synchrotron. Over the course of two 8h irradiation shifts, the samples were exposed to increasing fluences…

In this work we propose a new combined TCAD radiation damage modelling scheme, featuring both bulk and surface radiation damage effects, for the analysis of silicon detectors aimed at the High Luminosity LHC. In particular, a surface damage…

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In this work we propose the application of an enhanced radiation damage model based on the introduction of deep level traps / recombination centers suitable for device level numerical simulation of silicon detectors at very high fluences…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-12-07 Daniele Passeri , Francesco Moscatelli , Arianna Morozzi , GianMario Bilei

In this literature review we investigate the permittivity, density-of-state mass, band gap, impact ionization, charge carrier recombination, incomplete ionization and mobility in 4H silicon carbide. We provide a comprehensive overview over…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-22 Jürgen Burin , Philipp Gaggl , Simon Waid , Andreas Gsponer , Thomas Bergauer

Future hadron collider experiments will require sensing materials that withstand stronger radiation fields. Therefore, either a frequent replacement of detectors, a significant increase in radiation hardness of Silicon, or a shift to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-06-11 Niels Sorgenfrei , Elias Arnqvist , Yana Gurimskaya , Michael Moll , Ulrich Parzefall , Faiza Rizwan , Moritz Wiehe

Silicon carbide (SiC) has been widely adopted in the semiconductor industry, particularly in power electronics, because of its high temperature stability, high breakdown field, and fast switching speeds. Its wide band gap makes it an…

In this work we propose the application of a radiation damage model based on the introduction of deep level traps/recombination centers suitable for device level numerical simulation of radiation detectors at very high fluences (e.g.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-01-01 F. Moscatelli , P. Maccagnani , D. Passeri , G. M. Bilei , L. Servoli , A. Morozzi , G. -F. Dalla Betta , R. Mendicino , M. Boscardin , N. Zorzi

Silicon carbide (SiC) particle detectors have the potential to provide time resolutions and robust performance in extreme environments which exceed that of silicon detectors. In this work 4H-SiC low gain avalanche detectors (LGADs) and…

Silicon Carbide device (4H-SiC) has potential radiation hardness, high saturated carrier velocity and low temperature sensitivity theoretically. The Silicon Low Gain Avalanche Diode (LGAD) has been verified to have excellent time…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-06-22 Tao Yang , Yuhang Tan , Congcong Wang , Xiyuan Zhang , Xin Shi

4H Silicon Carbide (4H-SiC) combines many attractive properties such as a high carrier mobility, a wide bandgap, and a high thermal conductivity, making it an ideal candidate for high-power electronic devices. However, a primary challenge…

The 4H-SiC material exhibits good detection performance, but there are still many problems like signal distortion and poor signal quality. The 4H-SiC low gain avalanche detector (LGAD) has been fabricated for the first time to solve these…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-05-29 Sen Zhao , Keqi Wang , Kaibo Xie , Chenxi Fu , Chengwei Wang , Xin Shi , Congcong Wang

Silicon-based fast time detectors have been widely used in high energy physics, nuclear physics, space exploration and other fields in recent years. However, silicon detectors often require complex low-temperature systems when operating in…

In the field of high-energy particle detection, detectors operating in high-radiation environments primarily face high costs associated with power consumption and cooling systems. Therefore, the development of particle detectors capable of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-12-11 Xingchen Li , Sen Zhao , Mengke Cai , Suyu Xiao , Congcong Wang , Weimin Song , Xin Shi , Xiyuan Zhang
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