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Although the unique properties of CVD diamond films have made it a candidate material for radiation detectors, the detector performance is strongly dependent on the film quality. In this paper, three CVD diamond films with different grain size were grown by using a hot-filament chemical vapor deposition (HFCVD) technique and the ratio of the grain size to the film thickness is high to 50%. 5.9 keV 55Fe X-rays measured the photocurrents and the pulse height distributions (PHDs) of these CVD diamond detectors. The detector performance is improved with the grain size increasing. The dark-current of 16.0 nA and the photocurrent of 15.9 nA are obtained at an electrical field of 50 kV⋅cm−1 and the PHD peak is well separated from the noise pedestal.
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Zhang, M., Xia, Y., Wang, L. et al. Effects of the grain size of CVD diamond films on the detector performance. J Mater Sci 40, 5269–5272 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-005-0737-1
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