About the Laboratory

The Saskatchewan Structural Sciences Centre’s Single Event Effect Laboratory was built to conduct research using single or double photon excitation using two laser sources, one is Monaco, and the other is Opera-F. The setup was designed to allow for research into one class of events called Single event Effect (SEE), which characterizes the capability of modern electronics to operate under normal and elevated levels of ionizing radiation. Such events appear more often at high altitude and in space applications. SEE are capable of causing a wide variety of effects ranging from small glitches in the output signal to complete system failures. This setup allows for users to get a very good idea of how their chip performs under ionizing radiation at a much lower cost compared to beamline time at accelerator facilities. The laser provides easy spatial and temporal control, can be focussed more to irradiate much smaller sensitive areas, and this method does not cause device performance and operation degradation due to cumulative radiation dose effects. The SSSC SEE laser testing facility was founded to help university researchers and electronic industry companies gather the necessary SEE data for newly designed electronic devices. This facility is useful to many in the field as SEE testing has become a standard within the industry.

Laboratory Contact

Location:
B3

Laboratory Managers:
George Belev