Neutron radiation effects on linear CCDs at different clock pulse frequency

The experiments of reactor neutron radiation effects on linear CCDs are presented. The output voltage in dark field after neutron radiation are presented and compared at different clock pulse frequency. The degradation phenomena are analyzed in depth. The mean dark signal (KD) and dark signal non-un...

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Main Authors: Zujun Wang, Wei Chen, Benqi Tang, Zhigang Xiao, Zhibin Yao, Baoping He, Minbo Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2015-06-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4922600
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Summary:The experiments of reactor neutron radiation effects on linear CCDs are presented. The output voltage in dark field after neutron radiation are presented and compared at different clock pulse frequency. The degradation phenomena are analyzed in depth. The mean dark signal (KD) and dark signal non-uniformity (DSNU) versus neutron fluence is investigated at different clock pulse frequency. The degradation mechanisms of the dark signal and DSNU in linear CCDs are analyzed. The flux of the reactor neutron beams was about 1.33 × 108 n/cm2/s. The samples were exposed to 1MeV neutron-equivalent fluences of 1 × 1011, 5 × 1011, and 1 × 1012 n/cm2, respectively.
ISSN:2158-3226