Materials and technologies for the high-gain Fast Timing MPGD detector

 

Project no.: SV3-1953
Project website: https://materials.ktu.edu/projects/materials-and-technologies-for-the-high-gain-fast-timing-mpgd-detector-2/

Project description:

The aim of the research is to develop a laser technology for the formation of polyimide (Kapton®) – diamond carbon (DLC) based microstructures, which is compatible with the technologies of gas electron multipliers (GEM) used in the high-gain Fast Timing MPGD (FTM) detector.
Project objectives:
1. To form mechanically stable, high adhesion, controlled electrically conductive diamond like carbon and nanocomposite diamond carbon based coatings on commercial polyimide films suitable for gas electron multiplier (GEM) technology.
2. To select the parameters of femtosecond laser exposure including wavelengths, energy densities and beam focusing and scanning strategies for the realization of microstructures used in GEM technology in the DLC-polyimide system.
3. To evaluate, together with CERN scientists, the suitability of the developed structures for GEM technology and high-gain Fast Timing MPGD (FTM) detector.

Project funding:

Lithuanian Academy of Sciences


Project results:

The aim of the research is to develop a laser technology for the formation of polyimide (Kapton®) – diamond carbon (DLC) based microstructures, which is compatible with the technologies of gas electron multipliers (GEM) used in the high-gain Fast Timing MPGD (FTM) detector.
Project objectives:
1. To form mechanically stable, high adhesion, controlled electrically conductive diamond like carbon and nanocomposite diamond carbon based coatings on commercial polyimide films suitable for gas electron multiplier (GEM) technology.
2. To select the parameters of femtosecond laser exposure including wavelengths, energy densities and beam focusing and scanning strategies for the realization of microstructures used in GEM technology in the DLC-polyimide system.
3. To evaluate, together with CERN scientists, the suitability of the developed structures for GEM technology and high-gain Fast Timing MPGD (FTM) detector.

Period of project implementation: 2022-06-23 - 2022-12-31

Project coordinator: Kaunas University of Technology

Head:
Sigitas Tamulevičius, Sigitas Tamulevičius

Duration:
2022 - 2022

Department:
Institute of Materials Science, Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences