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ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging.

PIXEL 2000 International Workshop on Semiconductor Pixel Detectors for Particles and X-Rays Genova - Porto Antico - Magazzini del Cotone (Sala Libeccio) June 5-8, 2000. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging.

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ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging.

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  1. PIXEL 2000 International Workshop on Semiconductor Pixel Detectors for Particles and X-Rays Genova - Porto Antico - Magazzini del Cotone (Sala Libeccio) June 5-8, 2000 ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. C. D'Ambrosio1, F. de Notaristefani2, H. Leutz1, D. Puertolas2, E. Rosso1 1 CERN, 2 INFN Section of Rome, Italy

  2. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. CERN INFN-Roma III (HIRESPET* Collaboration) Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences-Prague Alice and LHCb exp. at CERN EP-TA2 and EP-MIC groups at CERN Industrial partners: D.E.P. (NL) Crytur Ltd. (CZ) Edgetek (FR) *http://www.roma1.infn.it/~hirespet/index.html D. P.

  3. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. OUTLINE • Short introduction to the ISPA-tube • “Conventional” designs of gamma cameras based on ISPA-tubes and results • Present developments : scintillating windows (YAP:Ce) • Conclusions and future outlook D. P.

  4. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. • Position-sensitive photon detection with an ISPA-tube D. P.

  5. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. • The self-triggering principle detector chip electronics chip Fast, analog and global information Trigger for strobe Immediate calibration in photoelectron or energy Selection of a window in energy possible Pixel signals out (with present chip, pixel response is binary Precise space information 2-D imaging D. P.

  6. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. • Detection of g-rays with an ISPA-tube W chip assembly developed by RD19 collaboration Pixel size 75mmx500mm D. P.

  7. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. • g-imaging with an ISPA-tube coupled to YAP:Ce crystal detectors * Properties of pure YAP Chemical formula YAlO3 (inert, non hygroscopic) Crystal structure Orthorhombic (no cleavage) Density g.cm-35.37 Molecular weight 168.88 Zeff34 Hardness Moh 8.6 Refractive index n at 400 nm 1.97 at 500 nm 1.95 Transparency nm 240 to >1000 Additional properties of YAP doped with Ce Light emission peak nm 365 Light decay (1/e) ns 27 Radiation length cm 2.7 Avr. K X-ray energy of Yttrium keV 15.2 Refractive index n at 400 nm 1.92 at 500 nm 1.91 Due to its properties YAP can be easily machined and optically polished. Arrays of small individual elements (1mm2 down to 300mm2 can be assembled) * Our YAP crystal detectors are produced by Crytur Ltd, Turnov, Czech Republic D. P.

  8. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. • Performances of ISPA-tubes in imaging • The overall performances of the ISPA-tube rely on both • The input window arrangement: the goal is to collect as many photoelectrons as possible while preserving the “localisation” of the gamma event • The anode pixel chip: the goal is to detect as many photoelectrons Npe as possible on the detector plane (energy resolution considerations) and to get a binary pattern reproducing the light spot on the photocathode with a number of firing pixels Nhit (<Npe) allowing a precise c.o.g calculation (analysis event per event) D. P.

  9. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. • Different possible configurations (FWHM)~crystal elements (FWHM)~2mm (FWHM)~2-2.5 mm (FWHM)>3.5 mm D. P.

  10. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. • Result summary • Fibre window ISPA-tube: • ++ excellent spatial resolution • from 100 mm (array) to 300 mm (plate) • -- poor E-resolution (only a few photoelectrons) • Quartz window ISPA-tube: • acceptable spatial resolution • from 500 mm (array) to 700 mm (plate) • + good E-resolution at 122 keV • from 20% FWHM (plate) to 40% FWHM (array) • 200 p.e. 80p.e. • see IEEE TNS, vol. 42, no6, p. 2221 and vol. 44, no5, p.1747 • ISPA-tube with larger active surface (40 mm diameter) • + The demagnification (~4) principle has been also successfully applied for gamma imaging applications, with sub-millimeter spatial resolution • see NIM, A442, (2000), p.279 D. P.

  11. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. • Current ISPA prototype • YAP:Ce scintillating window • LHC1* chip implementation • new electronics* amplifier 100 ns peaking time, globally adjustable threshold, adjustable delay line, coincidence logic and memory • smaller pixel size * (50x500mm) • Electrical tests * ~7.5% (150) pixels are masked (noisy) * test input ~4900e- g1710 (~85%) pixels respond with an efficiency of ~95% • *The LHC1 chip has been developed at CERN by the RD19 and the EP/MIC group D. P.

  12. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. • Quantum efficiency of S20 photocathode on YAP:Ce scintillating window Perfect stability observed over 2 years D. P.

  13. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. Energy spectra of some different sources Emissions converted in the YAP:Ce window of the ISPA-tube Pulse height distributions measured on the silicon chip rear side 57Co 241Am D. P.

  14. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. Energy spectra of some different sources Emissions converted in the YAP:Ce window of the ISPA-tube Pulse height distributions measured on the silicon chip rear side 109Cd 55Fe D. P.

  15. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. Energy spectra of some different sources Emissions converted in the YAP:Ce window of the ISPA-tube Pulse height distributions measured on the silicon chip rear side 203Hg D. P.

  16. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. Photoelectron numbers versus the energies of total absorption peaks for several gamma sources measured with the YAP-window ISPA-tube D. P.

  17. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. • Image of a 60 keV g-source (241Am) through a 2-holes (0.35 mm f) lead collimator (5 mm thick) ~1 mm 20 k-events D. P.

  18. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. • Intensity profile of the two holes along the X-direction distance of the two holes = 0.90 mm on chip FWHMxmeas. = 0.452 mm D. P.

  19. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. • Average number of firing pixel per gamma event: Nhit Note: Nhit ~50 is < to Npe~100. The greatest part of the difference is due to “overlap” effect D. P.

  20. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. • Center-of-gravity residual projection along the X-direction • (FWHM)resX = 1.50 mm on chip D. P.

  21. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. • The estimation of the spatial resolution is simply given by: (FWHM)resX = 1.50 mm; (FWHM)resY = 1.46 mm; Nhit ~50 x *0.352 + 0.2142 = 0.4102 <===> FWHMxmeas. = 0.452 mm y *0.352 + 0.2062 = 0.4062 <===> FWHMymeas. = 0.435 mm The difference between the estimated values and the measured ones can be related to the tails in the residual distributions, which worsens the precision in the c.o.g. calculation. D. P.

  22. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. • CONCLUSIONS • First results with the YAP:Ce window ISPA-tube are very encouraging (cluster size /2, Npe x1.2). • They can be used to detect a wide range of energies (window thickness can be adjusted). • Better matching of refractive index if coupled to other standard crystals. • The performances can be further improved with those of future pixel chip anode. D. P.

  23. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. • FUTURE OUTLOOK • Developments on heavier Ce-doped scintillators and of larger dimensions. • Implementation of ALICE chip. • Possible use of thinned detector unit. D. P.

  24. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. • Attenuation coefficients of Cerium-doped RE3+ perovskyte scintillators 140 keV (99mTc) D. P.

  25. ISPA-Tubes with YAP:Ce Active Windows for X and Gamma Ray Imaging. • Some properties of Cerium-doped RE3+ perovskyte scintillators Rel. L. Y.Density Peak emission Light decay %NaI(Tl) (g.cm-3) (nm) (ns) NaI(Tl) 100 3.67 415 230 BGO 20 7.13 480 300 YAP:Ce 40 5.37 365 27 Lu0.1Y0.9AP:Ce - 5.73 - - Lu0.3Y0.7AP:Ce - 6.19 - - LuAP:Ce 20-50 8.34 360-370 <20 @ 140 keV with a 3-mm thick scintillating window: YAP;Ce ~30% efficiency (~55% total absorption) Lu0.1Y0.9AP:Ce ~45% efficiency (~70% total absorption) Lu0.3Y0.7AP:Ce~65% efficiency (~80% total absorption) LuAP:Ce ~95% efficiency (~95% total absorption) D. P.

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