title: A solid state microdosimeter based on a monolithic silicon telescope.
abstract: A monolithic silicon telescope, consisting of a DeltaE and an E stage-detector ( approximately 1.9 microm and 500 microm thick, respectively), was coupled to a polyethylene converter in order to investigate the feasibility of a solid state microdosimeter with respect to the field-funnelling effect. This work discusses the preliminary results of an analytical approach for the correction of a spectrum measured with this silicon-based microdosimeter for tissue-equivalence and geometrical effects. The device was irradiated with 2.7 MeV monoenergetic neutrons at the INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (Legnaro, Italy). The non tissue-equivalence of silicon was corrected by exploiting the signals generated in the E-stage. The correction for the sensitive volume geometry was optimised by taking into account the track length distribution of the recoil-protons generated in the converter. The derived dose distribution of the energy imparted per event was compared to the one measured with a cylindrical tissue-equivalent proportional counter (TEPC). The agreement is satisfactory.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Nucleare, Politecnico di Milano, via Ponzio 34/3, 20133 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agosteo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Colautti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fazzi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pola
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008904:Miniaturization; D009502:Neutrons; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects*
chemical_list: D012825:Silicon