• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 23, Issue 3, 031202 (2025)
Hao Qu1, Weizong Xu1,2,*, Jiuzhou Zhao1, Dong Zhou1..., Fangfang Ren1,2, Feng Zhou1, Dunjun Chen1, Rong Zhang1,2, Youliao Zheng1 and Hai Lu1,2,**|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems with Extreme Performances of MOE, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
  • 2Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202523.031202 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Hao Qu, Weizong Xu, Jiuzhou Zhao, Dong Zhou, Fangfang Ren, Feng Zhou, Dunjun Chen, Rong Zhang, Youliao Zheng, Hai Lu, "4H-SiC-based soft X-ray single photon detector with linear photon energy response," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 031202 (2025) Copy Citation Text show less
    (a) Schematic diagram of the 4H-SiC p-i-n detector. (b) Photograph of the packaged device. (c) Dark I–V characteristics and (d) C–V characteristics of the detector at room temperature.
    Fig. 1. (a) Schematic diagram of the 4H-SiC p-i-n detector. (b) Photograph of the packaged device. (c) Dark IV characteristics and (d) C–V characteristics of the detector at room temperature.
    (a) Schematic of the resistor-capacitor feedback CSA circuit. (b) Schematic of the reset CSA circuit. AMP, amplifier.
    Fig. 2. (a) Schematic of the resistor-capacitor feedback CSA circuit. (b) Schematic of the reset CSA circuit. AMP, amplifier.
    Time-domain voltage evolution on the capacitor as a result of the detector’s leakage current and active switch turning on.
    Fig. 3. Time-domain voltage evolution on the capacitor as a result of the detector’s leakage current and active switch turning on.
    A transient output signal as a result of a single soft X-ray photon incidence with a characteristic energy of 5.89 keV.
    Fig. 4. A transient output signal as a result of a single soft X-ray photon incidence with a characteristic energy of 5.89 keV.
    (a) FWHM at 5.89 keV (characteristic energy) versus shaping time of the pulse shaping unit. (b) Energy resolution of the 4H-SiC soft X-ray single photon detectors under different characteristic energies.
    Fig. 5. (a) FWHM at 5.89 keV (characteristic energy) versus shaping time of the pulse shaping unit. (b) Energy resolution of the 4H-SiC soft X-ray single photon detectors under different characteristic energies.
    Hao Qu, Weizong Xu, Jiuzhou Zhao, Dong Zhou, Fangfang Ren, Feng Zhou, Dunjun Chen, Rong Zhang, Youliao Zheng, Hai Lu, "4H-SiC-based soft X-ray single photon detector with linear photon energy response," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 031202 (2025)
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