Ziang Guo;Sergei Mistyuk;Arthur Carpenter;Charles E. Hunt
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Abstract
Design, fabrication, and measurement of vertical Germanium (Ge) Photodiodes for highspeed, hard X-Ray imaging is presented. The devices used atmospheric-pressure epitaxial absorption layers, varying absorption layer thicknesses (10 – 245
$\mu$
m) over bulk-Ge substrates, fabricated in various sizes. Measurements include large-signal and transient-response from X-ray source between 6 keV and 28 keV. The results approach a 100% external quantum efficiency with 245
$\mu$
m absorption regions and a 22% improvement in temporal response with 10
$\mu$
m absorption region compared to an Si reference device of the same active area.
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