The effect of low energy high-dose X-ray irradiation on the performance of CdZnTe detector

Hongguang Liu, Haiwen Yu, Ningbo Jia, Jianquan Chen, Mei Yang, Zhengyi Sun, Gang Yu, Yudong Li, Shouzhi Xi, Fan Yang, Tao Wang, Wanqi Jie

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Abstract

The paper investigated the irradiation damage of CZT detectors caused by high flux an X-ray from X-ray tube operated at a tube voltage of 140 kV and an accumulated dose of 130 kGy. Deep-level transient spectroscopy (i-DLTS) was employed to characterize the defects. Four types of irradiation-induced defects were identified, corresponding to the energy levels at Ec-0.1eV, Ev+0.17eV, Ev+0.27eV and Ec-0.55eV, which are associated with the point defects, InCd+/0, VCd -/0, VCd 2−/− and TeCd 2+/+ respectively. After the irradiation, the concentration of VCd -/0 changed from 5.63 × 1012 cm−3 to 3.30 × 1013 cm−3 and VCd 2−/− increased from 1.13 × 1012 cm−3 to 1.88 × 1013 cm−3. The resistivity of all samples showed an upward trend after the irradiation, with the most significant change observed in sample 1, where it doubled from 1.09 × 1011 Ω cm to 1.94 × 1011 Ω cm. However, the energy resolution for the spectrum peak of 241Am (59.5 keV) decreased from 6.2% to 10.7% and the signal noise to ratio decreased from 42.24 to 27.33 when irradiated from anode. The counting performance of the photon counting module decreased by approximately 1.81% after irradiation on the cathode side.

Keywords

  • CdZnTe (CZT)
  • Deep donor defect
  • I-DLTS
  • Irradiation damage

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