A Charge Collection Equivalent Method for Laser Simulation of Dose Rate Effects With Improved Performance

A pulsed laser has been effectively applied in dose rate effects simulation for its stable pulse output, low cost, simple operation, and lack of ionizing risks for users. The conversion factor (CF) was proposed to describe the equivalence between the responses generated by pulsed laser and pulsed io...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on nuclear science 2021-06, Vol.68 (6), p.1235-1243
Main Authors: Tang, Ge, Li, Mo, Sun, Peng, Wang, Lei, Peng, Kexin, Zhang, Jian, Feng, Peng, Wei, Biao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Charge collection
Dosage
dose rate effects
Equivalence
equivalent factor
Generators
Ionizing radiation
Laser radiation
laser simulation
Laser theory
Lasers
Measurement by laser beam
peak photocurrent
Photoconductivity
Photoelectric effect
Photoelectric emission
Pulsed lasers
Simulation
Surface emitting lasers
Transient analysis
Waveforms
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Summary:A pulsed laser has been effectively applied in dose rate effects simulation for its stable pulse output, low cost, simple operation, and lack of ionizing risks for users. The conversion factor (CF) was proposed to describe the equivalence between the responses generated by pulsed laser and pulsed ionizing radiation (e.g., \gamma -ray). Previously, the peak photocurrent was commonly used to calculate the CF and establish the equivalent relationship. But there are a number of shortcomings such as narrow effective equivalent range, inadequate information of waveform, as well as low accuracy of simulations. In this article, an improved method for obtaining the CF by using the charge collection as the equivalent factor is proposed, which considers not only the peak photocurrent but also the temporal information of the waveform. The advantages of the proposed method are proved both in theory and in experiments, including broader equivalent range and higher simulation accuracy.
ISSN:0018-9499
1558-1578
DOI:10.1109/TNS.2021.3073700