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    Radiation hardness of n-type SiC Schottky barrier diodes irradiated with MeV He ion microbeam
    (Elsevier, 2015-04-01) Pastuovic, Z; Capan, I; Cohen, DD; Forneris, J; Iwamoto, N; Ohshima, T; Siegele, R; Hoshino, N; Tsuchida, H
    We studied the radiation hardness of 4H-SiC Schottky barrier diodes (SBD) for the light ion detection and spectroscopy in harsh radiation environments. n-Type SBD prepared on nitrogen-doped (similar to 4 x 10(14) cm(-3)) epitaxial grown 4H-SiC thin wafers have been irradiated by a raster scanning alpha particle microbeam (2 and 4 MeV He2+ ions separately) in order to create patterned damage structures at different depths within a sensitive volume of tested diodes. Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy (DLTS) analysis revealed the formation of two deep electron traps in the irradiated and not thermally treated 4H-SiC within the ion implantation range (E1 and E2). The E2 state resembles the well-known Z(1/2) center, while the E1 state could not be assigned to any particular defect reported in the literature. Ion Beam Induced Charge (IBIC) microscopy with multiple He ion probe microbeams (1-6 MeV) having different penetration depths in tested partly damaged 4H-SiC SBD has been used to determine the degradation of the charge collection efficiency (CCE) over a wide fluence range of damaging alpha particle. A non-linear behavior of the CCE decrease and a significant degradation of the spectroscopic performance with increasing He ion fluence were observed above the value of 10(11) cm(-2). © 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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    Radiation hardness of n-type SiC Schottky diodes
    (Coop Libraria Editrice Universita di padova, 2014-07-07) Pastuovic, Z; Vittone, E; Siegele, R; Ohshima, T; Iwamoto, N; Forneris, J; Cohen, DD; Capan, I
    The results of recent IBIC and DLTS studies of radation damage in silicon carbide (SiC) diodes will be presented. n-type Schottky diodes prepared on an epitaxial grown 4H-SiC thin wafers have been irradiated by a raster scanned alpha particle microbeam (2 & 4 MeV He2+ ions separately) in order to create patterned damage structures at different depths within sensitive volume of tested diodes suitable for Ion Beam Induced Current (IBIC) microscopy. Deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) was used to characterize defects created in SiC after implantation of single alpha particles. Robust and proven IBIC experimental protocol [1] has been used to determine a degradation of the charge collection efficiency over a wide fluence range of damaging alpha particle. The radiation hardness of these SiC wafers is compared with the hardness of n-type silicon wafers grown by the Floating zone and Czochralski methods obtained by the same experimental protocol. A suitability of as prepared SiC diodes for the light ion detection and spectroscopy in the MeV range will be discussed from the perspecetive of applications in harsh radiation environments.