Observation of gamma irradiation-induced suppression of reverse annealing in neutron irradiated MCZ Si detectors

For the development of radiation-hard Si detectors for the SiD BeamCal program for the future ILC (International Linear Collider), n-type MCZ Si detectors have been irradiated first by fast neutrons to flueneces of 1.5×10¹⁴ and 3×10¹⁴ neq/cm², and then by gamma up to 500 Mrad. The motivation of this mixed radiation project is to develop a Si detector that can utilize the gamma/electron radiation that exists in the ICL radiation environment, which also includes neutrons. By using the positive space charge (SC) created by gamma radiation in MCZ Si detectors, one can cancel the negative space charge created by neutrons, thus reducing the overall/net space charge density and therefore the full depletion voltage of the detector.