UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

Particle Physics Experiment

Fred Doherty

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Research Facilities Manager
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Glasgow
Glasgow
G12 8QQ
UK

  • Email: Frederick.Doherty@glasgow.ac.uk
  • Telephone: +44 141 330 6423
  • Fax: +44 141 330 5881
  • Secretary: +44 141 330 4702 (Valerie Flood)
  • Administrator: +44 141 330 8569 (Louisa Campbell)
  • Location: Room 339, Kelvin Building

Personal Biography

I have worked within the Particle Physics Group since 1979. During this time I have been directly involved in the design, construction and commissioning of equipment for a series of large and complex experiments which have been performed at the CERN laboratory in Geneva. I obtained an MSc in Computing Science from Glasgow University, which complements my Electrical and Electronic Engineering qualifications, in meeting such a challenging and diverse range of detector related research at Glasgow and CERN.

Here at Glasgow, my research facilities management role within the semiconductor Detector Development Group allows me to get involved in many new innovative technological research projects carried out by various sub groups within our labs. The technical expertise within the group is regularly utilised for the full processing of semiconductor wafers direct from industry (GaAs, Silicon, Silicon Carbide etc) to the final innovative design requirements of our various sub groups. This would include the initial lapping and polishing of the wafers (using each material types individual processing techniques) to acquire the desired thickness (sub 80 micron),surface quality (sub nm) and wafer parallelism. We then utilise the Electrical Engineering Departments state of the art semiconductor fabrication facilities for metal deposition of schottky/ohmic test contact patterns onto our semiconductor substrates, and use our own automatic wire bonder to make contacts to the final devices for electrical biasing and signal extraction. Testing of the completed devices are then carried out within the detector group labs by technical staff or other project members. Tests would include IV and CV characterisation followed by charge collection efficiency measurements using alpha,gamma and beta type sources of radiation.

Published Research Papers in Physics & Electrical Engineering - Named Author

INSPIRE (Physics Digital Library) - Named Author here

IEEE XPLORE (Electrical Engineering Digital Library) - Named Author here

GOOGLE SCHOLAR - Named Author and Acknowledgements here

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