10–15 Aug 2025
SAFE Credit Union Convention Center
America/Los_Angeles timezone

Detectors and beam monitors based on wide bandgap semiconductors at cryogenic temperatures

MOP075
11 Aug 2025, 16:00
2h
Ballroom A (SAFE Credit Union Convention Center)

Ballroom A

SAFE Credit Union Convention Center

Poster Presentation MC6 - Beam Instrumentation, Controls, AI/ML, and Operational Aspects Monday Poster Session

Speaker

Dr Sergey Kuzikov (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)

Description

Wide-bandgap semiconductors, such as single-crystal diamond and sapphire, can be used to measure the flux of passing particles through a particle-induced conductivity effect. We recently demonstrated a diamond-based, electrodeless electron beam halo monitor. This monitor utilized a thin diamond blade placed within an open, high-quality microwave resonator. The blade partially intercepted the beam and changes in the RF properties of the resonator were used to infer beam parameters. To enhance the sensitivity of our semiconductor sensors, we propose two new techniques: (1) biasing the semiconductor sensor to support avalanche multiplication of free carriers, and (2) operating at cryogenic temperatures to reduce intrinsic semiconductor losses and increase the mobility of induced carriers. These techniques are applicable not only to particle beam diagnostics but also to the detection of various types of ionizing radiation.

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Author

Dr Sergey Kuzikov (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)

Co-author

Gracie Burrows (University of Kentucky)

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