A diamond guard ring microdosimeter for ion beam therapy

Rev Sci Instrum. 2020 May 1;91(5):054102. doi: 10.1063/5.0002403.

Abstract

A single crystal chemical vapor deposition diamond-based microdosimeter prototype featuring an array of micro-sensitive volumes (μSVs) and surrounded by a so-called guard ring (GR) electrode has been fabricated using various microfabrication techniques available at Diamond Sensors Laboratory of CEA, Saclay. The GR microdosimeter was irradiated by a raster scanning method with 2 MeV proton microbeams. The charge transport properties of the GR sensor were determined with sub-micron spatial resolution by measuring the charge collection efficiency (CCE), the μSV geometry, and the pulse-height spectra. The response of the microdosimeter showed a well-defined and homogeneously active μSV. Appropriate biasing of the μSV structures led toward a full CCE for protons with lineal energies of ∼46 keV/μm. This shows the GR microdosimeter's great potential for applications in microdosimetry in clinical beam conditions.

MeSH terms

  • Diamond*
  • Electrodes
  • Proton Therapy / instrumentation*
  • Radiometry / instrumentation*
  • Volatilization

Substances

  • Diamond