Radiation hard amorphous silicon particle sensors

Radiation tests of 32 μm thick hydrogenated amorphous silicon n-i-p diodes have been performed using a high energy 24 GeV proton beam up to fluences in excess of 1016 protons/cm2. The results are compared to irradiation of similar 1 μm and 32 μm thick n-i-p diodes using a proton beam of 280 keV at a fluence of 3x1013 protons/cm2. Even though both types of irradiation cause a significant drop in photoconductivity of thin or thick diodes, all samples survived the experiment and recover almost fully after a subsequent thermal annealing.