2nd Workshop on Silicon Sensors for Radiation Detection and Quantum Applications

12 May 2025, 08:00 → 14 May 2025, 15:30 Europe/Berlin

Seminar Room (Hotel Schloss Berg)

After the first Symposium on these topics in 2021 the 2nd workshop will be held at the Hotel Schloss Berg at the eastern shore of Lake Starnberg. The main goal is to enable synergies in the field of design and fabrication of sensors and quantum devices based on silicon processs technology.

Monday, 12 May ¶

1 Registration¶

2 Welcome¶

Berg 2025 .pptx

DEPFET: Belle II¶

Convener: Laci Andricek (MPG Halbleiterlabor)

3 The physics case for DEPFETs at Belle II¶

Speaker: Prof. Christian Kiesling (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik )

BellePhysicsAndCosmology_CK.pdf

4 PXD/PXD2 Operation Experience¶

Speaker: Jannes Schmitz (Uni Bonn)

pxd_pxd2_experience_jschmitz.pdf

5 Update on backside currents and xray irradiation of test structures¶

Speaker: Georgios Giakoustidis (Uni Bonn)

Update_on_backside_currents_and_xray_irradiation_of_DePFET_test_structures.pdf

6 PXD9 belle-type minimatrix characterization + preparation for PXD13 testing¶

Speaker: Jannes Schmitz (Uni Bonn)

belle-type_minimatrix_characterization_pscholz.pdf

10:30 Break

DEPFET: EDET¶

Convener: Johannes Treis (MPG HLL)

7 The EDET Instrument – Concept and Status¶

Speaker: Johannes Treis (MPG HLL)

EDET_Berg_120525.pptx

8 EDET Instrument Firmware – Status and Plans¶

Speaker: Mishal Rizwan (MPG HLL)

EDET_Firmware_Status_Plans_12.05.25.pdf

9 Laser annealing of DEPFET Matrices¶

Speaker: Sascha Epp (MPSD)

Epp_DEPFET25_annealing.pptx

10 Nonlinear amplification revisited¶

Speaker: Johannes Treis (MPG HLL)

NLA_Berg_120525.pptx

12:30 Lunch

DEPFET: PXD13 - Next Generation DEPFETs¶

Convener: Alexander Bähr (HLL)

11 PXD13 - Next Generation DEPFETs¶

Speaker: Alexander Bähr (MPG HLL)

PXD13.pptx

12 PXD13 - First Measurement Results¶

Speaker: Sebastian Stadler (MPG HLL)

Super-gq_DePFET_Put_to_the_Test_v06.pdf

Super-gq_DePFET_Put_to_the_Test_v06.pptx

13 Discussion¶

15:30 Break

DEPFET: Athena and DANAE¶

Convener: Peter Lechner (MPG HLL)

14 ESA's NewAthena X-Ray Telescope and its Wide Field Imager¶

Speaker: Johannes Müller-Seidlitz (MPE)

2025-05-12_athena_wfi_mueller-seidlitz.pdf

15 The DePFET Pixel Clinic¶

Speaker: Peter Lechner (MPG HLL)

250512HLLWorkshopBergLechner.pdf

16 The DANAE experiment – a direct search for light dark matter with RNDR-DEPFET detectors¶

Speaker: Wolfgang Treberspurg (Austrian Academy of Science)

Presentation_DANAE_DEPFET2025.pdf

18:30 Dinner

Tuesday, 13 May ¶

pnCCD: Spice and FSP¶

Convener: Alexander Bähr (HLL)

17 PN-CCD Detectors in Space¶

Speaker: Norbert Meidinger (MPE)

PN-CCD_meidinger_final.pdf

18 FSP-TNG - pnCCD camera for the MAXYMUS experiment¶

Speaker: Alexander Bähr (MPG HLL)

FSP_TNG_in_a_nutshell.pptx

10:30 Break

SDD¶

Convener: Peter Lechner (MPG HLL)

19 TRISTAN - A Silicon Drift Detector Array for the Sterile Neutrino Search with KATRIN¶

Speakers: Christian Forstner (TUM), Daniela Spreng (TUM)

HLL_Workshop_TRISTAN.pptx

20 SDD detectors for the eXTP X-ray Mission¶

Speaker: Norbert Meidinger (MPE)

eXTP_meidinger_final.pdf

21 TAXO - A low background SDD for solar axion searches with IAXO¶

Speaker: Lucinda Schönfeld (MPIK)

20250513_HLLWorkshop_TAXO.pdf

22 PoliMI SDDs¶

Speaker: Giacomo Borghi (Politecnico di Milano)

20250513_GBorghi_Polimi_SDD_activities.pdf

12:30 Lunch

LGAD: Soft X-Ray¶

Convener: Rainer Richter (MPG HLL)

23 Imaging with Tender to Soft X-rays in Photon Science¶

Speaker: Heinz Graafsma (DESY)

GRAAFSMA-HLL-2025.pptx

24 Soft X-ray detection with JUNGFRAU and LGAD sensors¶

Speaker: Viktoria Hinger (PSI)

VHinger_SoftX-rayLGADs_upload.pptx

25 An Avalanche Photodiode Array with 100% Fill Factor¶

Speaker: Rainer Richter (MPG HLL)

2025_Berg_Martha_Richter.pdf

15:30 Break

LGAD: Fast Timing¶

Convener: Rainer Richter (MPG HLL)

26 LGAD developments for Future Collider Experiments¶

Speaker: Shudhashil Bharthuar (MPP)

SBharthuar_HLL_LGAD_Final.pdf

27 LGAD Sensor Development at FBK¶

Speaker: Matteo Centis Vignali (FBK)

lgadSensorsFBK.pdf

28 Recent Developments in LGAD and Graphene-Equipped Technology at IMB-CNM¶

Speaker: Milos Manoklovic (IMB-CNM)

Miloš Manojlović_Recent developments of LGAD & Graphene enhanced technology at IMB-CNM.pptx

18:30 Dinner

Wednesday, 14 May ¶

Qubits¶

Convener: Jelena Ninkovic (MPG Halbleiterlabor)

29 Neutral-atom quantum computing in the Munich Quantum Valley¶

Speaker: Sebastian Blatt (MPQ)

30 Superconducting Qubits¶

Speaker: Leon Koch (WMI/BAdW)

Leon_HLL_Berg_05_25.pptx

10:30 Break

Quantum Sensors¶

Convener: Laci Andricek (MPG Halbleiterlabor)

31 Quantum Technologies – from the physics lab towards real world applications¶

Quantum Technologies are an interdisciplinary field, focusing on the utilization of quantum properties of matter. Quantum Technologies of the second generation allow new applications in metrology, communications, sensing and computing. The DLR Institute of Quantum Technologies in Ulm develops precision instruments for space applications based on Quantum Technologies and brings them to prototype maturity in close cooperation with industry. An overview over the recent activities of the DLR Institute of Quantum Technologies will be presented.

Speaker: Markus Mohr (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Quantum Technologies)

Quantum_Technologies_MMohr.pptx

32 TES - Technology and Applications¶

Speaker: Karoline Schäffner (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik )

TES_Schaeffner.pdf

33 Magnetic microcalorimeters: Cryogenic quantum sensors for demanding applications¶

Speaker: Sebastian Kempf (KIT HSS)

25-05-14_WorkshopSiSensors_Kempf.pdf

12:30 Lunch