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most citedBeam test results of a 16 ps timing system based on ultra-fast silicon detectors

182 citations · 613 across the 24 of their papers we have counts for

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25 papers

hep-ex2026

Design optimization of the inter-electrode structures in DC-RSD

N. Cartiglia, R. Arcidiacono, G. Bardelli +20

DC-coupled Resistive Silicon Detectors (RSD) share charge among electrodes through a resistive n surface layer, and the choice of inter-electrode structure --- a trench, a resi…

hep-ex2026

Why (and How) LGADs Work: Ionization, Space Charge, and Gain Saturation

N. Cartiglia, A. R. Altamura, R. Arcidiacono +10

The temporal resolution of Low-Gain Avalanche Detectors (LGADs), also known as Ultra-Fast Silicon Detectors (UFSDs), is governed by two contributions: jitter, arising from electron…

hep-ex2025

A two-prong Approach to the Simulation of DC-RSD: TCAD and Spice

T. Croci, L. Menzio, R. Arcidiacono +12

The DC-coupled Resistive Silicon Detectors (DCRSD) are the evolution of the AC-coupled RSD (RSD) design, both based on the Low-Gain Avalanche Diode (LGAD) technology. The DC-RSD de…

physics.ins-det2025

Measurements and TCAD simulations of innovative RSD and DC-RSD LGAD devices for future 4D tracking

F. Moscatelli, A. Fondacci, R. Arcidiacono +15

This paper summarizes the beam test results obtained with a Resistive Silicon Detector (RSD) (also called AC-Low Gain Avalanche Diode, AC-LGAD) pixel array tested at the DESY beam…

physics.ins-det2025

Innovative DC-coupled Resistive Silicon Detector for 4D tracking

R. Arcidiacono, G. Bardelli, M. Bartolini +18

In the past 10 years, two design innovations, the introduction of low internal gain (LGAD) and of resistive read-out (RSD), have radically changed the performance of silicon detect…

physics.ins-det2025

Design and optimisation of radiation resistant AC- and DC-coupled resistive LGADs

Alessandro Fondacci, Tommaso Croci, Daniele Passeri +13

Future high-energy physics experiments require a paradigm shift in radiation detector design. In response to this challenge, resistive LGADs that combine Low Gain Avalanche Diode t…

physics.ins-det2024

First test beam measurement of the 4D resolution of an RSD 450 microns pitch pixel matrix connected to a FAST2 ASIC

L. Menzio, F. Siviero, R. Arcidiacono +13

This paper reports on the spatial and temporal resolutions of an RSD 450 microns pitch pixels array measured at the DESY test beam facility. RSDs, Resistive Silicon Detectors, also…

physics.ins-det2023

A new Low Gain Avalanche Diode concept: the double-LGAD

F. Carnesecchi, S. Strazzi, A. Alici +13

This paper describes the new concept of the double-LGAD. The goal is to increase the charge at the input of the electronics, keeping a time resolution equal or better than a standa…

physics.ins-det2023★ 1 cited

Resistive Read-out in Thin Silicon Sensors with Internal Gain

N. Cartiglia, F. Moscatelli, R. Arcidiacono +13

Two design innovations, low-gain avalanche (Low-Gain Avalance Diode, LGAD) and resistive read-out (Resistive Silicon Detector, RSD), have brought strong performance improvements to…

physics.ins-det2022

High-Precision 4D Tracking with Large Pixels using Thin Resistive Silicon Detectors

R. Arcidiacono, G. Borghi, M. Boscardin +19

The basic principle of operation of silicon sensors with resistive read-out is built-in charge sharing. Resistive Silicon Detectors (RSD, also known as AC-LGAD), exploiting the sig…

physics.ins-det2022★ 2 cited

Silicon sensors with resistive read-out: Machine Learning techniques for ultimate spatial resolution

Marta Tornago, Flavio Giobergia, Luca Menzio +8

Resistive AC-coupled Silicon Detectors (RSDs) are based on the Low Gain Avalanche Diode (LGAD) technology, characterized by a continuous gain layer, and by the innovative introduct…

physics.ins-det2022★ 20 cited

DC-coupled resistive silicon detectors for 4-D tracking

L. Menzio, R. Arcidiacono, G. Borghi +14

In this work, we introduce a new design concept: the DC-Coupled Resistive Silicon Detectors, based on the LGAD technology. This new approach intends to address a few known features…

hep-ex2022★ 22 cited

4D Tracking: Present Status and Perspective

N. Cartiglia, R. Arcidiacono, M. Costa +7

The past ten years have seen the advent of silicon-based precise timing detectors for charged particle tracking. The underlying reason for this evolution is a design innovation: th…

physics.ins-det2022★ 2 cited

Tuning of gain layer doping concentration and Carbon implantation effect on deep gain layer

S. M. Mazza, C. Gee, Y. Zhao +24

Next generation Low Gain Avalanche Diodes (LGAD) produced by Hamamatsu photonics (HPK) and Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) were tested before and after irradiation with ~1MeV neutro…

physics.ins-det2021★ 11 cited

The second production of RSD (AC-LGAD) at FBK

M. Mandurrino, R. Arcidiacono, A. Bisht +15

In this contribution we describe the second run of RSD (Resistive AC-Coupled Silicon Detectors) designed at INFN Torino and produced by Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), Trento. RSD…

physics.ins-det2021

Inter-pad dead regions of irradiated FBK Low Gain Avalanche Detectors

B. Darby, S. M. Mazza, F. McKinney-Martinez +22

Low Gain Avalanche Detectors (LGADs) are a type of thin silicon detector with a highly doped gain layer. LGADs manufactured by Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) were tested before and…

physics.ins-det2020★ 19 cited

First application of machine learning algorithms to the position reconstruction in Resistive Silicon Detectors

Federico Siviero, Roberta Arcidiacono, Nicolò Cartiglia +6

RSDs (Resistive AC-Coupled Silicon Detectors) are n-in-p silicon sensors based on the LGAD (Low-Gain Avalanche Diode) technology, featuring a continuous gain layer over the whole s…

physics.ins-det2020★ 66 cited

Resistive AC-Coupled Silicon Detectors: principles of operation and first results from a combined analysis of beam test and laser data

M. Tornago, R. Arcidiacono, N. Cartiglia +18

This paper presents the principles of operation of Resistive AC-Coupled Silicon Detectors (RSDs) and measurements of the temporal and spatial resolutions using a combined analysis…

physics.ins-det2020★ 23 cited

Effect of deep gain layer and Carbon infusion on LGAD radiation hardness

R Padilla, C. Labitan, Z. Galloway +22

The properties of 50 um thick Low Gain Avalanche Diode (LGAD) detectors manufactured by Hamamatsu photonics (HPK) and Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) were tested before and after ir…

physics.ins-det2020★ 38 cited

Silicon Sensors for Future Particle Trackers

N. Cartiglia, R. Arcidiacono, G. Borghi +17

Several future high-energy physics facilities are currently being planned. The proposed projects include high energy circular and linear colliders, hadron colliders and m…

physics.med-ph2020★ 22 cited

A new detector for the beam energy measurement in proton therapy: a feasibility study

A. Vignati, S. Giordanengo, F. Mas Milian +14

Fast procedures for the beam quality assessment and for the monitoring of beam energy modulations during the irradiation are among the most urgent improvements in particle therapy.…

physics.ins-det2018★ 54 cited

First FBK Production of 50m Ultra-Fast Silicon Detectors

V. Sola, R. Arcidiacono, M. Boscardin +8

Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK, Trento, Italy) has recently delivered its first 50 m thick production of Ultra-Fast Silicon Detectors (UFSD), based on the Low-Gain Avalanche Diod…

physics.ins-det2018★ 133 cited

Radiation resistant LGAD design

M. Ferrero, R. Arcidiacono, M. Barozzi +16

In this paper, we report on the radiation resistance of 50-micron thick LGAD detectors manufactured at the Fondazione Bruno Kessler employing several different doping combinations…

physics.ins-det2017★ 18 cited

Properties of HPK UFSD after neutron irradiation up to 6e15 n/cm2

Z. Galloway, V. Fadeyev, P. Freeman +27

In this paper we report results from a neutron irradiation campaign of Ultra-Fast Silicon Detectors (UFSD) with fluences of 1e14, 3e14, 6e14, 1e15, 3e15, 6e15 n/cm2. The UFSD used…