Monday, November 26, 2012

1211.5548 (J. W. Beeman et al.)

Effect of SiO2 coating in bolometric Ge light detectors for rare event
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J. W. Beeman, A. Gentils, A. Giuliani, M. Mancuso, G. Pessina, O. Plantevin, C. Rusconi
In germanium-based light detectors for scintillating bolometers, a SiO$_2$ anti-reflective coating is often applied on the side of the germanium wafer exposed to light with the aim to improve its light collection efficiency. In this paper, we report about a measurement, performed in the temperature range 25-35 mK, of the light-collection increase obtained thanks to this method, which resulted to be of the order of 20%. The procedure followed has been carefully selected in order to minimize systematic effects. The employed light sources have the same spectral features (peaking at $\sim 630$ nm wavelength) that will characterise future neutrinoless double beta decay experiments on the isotope $^{82}$Se and based on ZnSe crystals, such as LUCIFER. The coupling between source and light detector reproduces the configuration used in scintillating bolometers. The present measurement clarifies the role of SiO$_2$ coating and describes a method and a set-up that can be extended to the study of other types of coatings and luminescent materials.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.5548

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