The degradation of signal in silicon sensors is studied under conditions expected at the CERN High-Luminosity LHC. 200 $mu$m thick n-type silicon sensors are irradiated with protons of different energies to fluences of up to $3 cdot 10^{15}$ neq/cm$^
2$. Pulsed red laser light with a wavelength of 672 nm is used to generate electron-hole pairs in the sensors. The induced signals are used to determine the charge collection efficiencies separately for electrons and holes drifting through the sensor. The effective trapping rates are extracted by comparing the results to simulation. The electric field is simulated using Synopsys device simulation assuming two effective defects. The generation and drift of charge carriers are simulated in an independent simulation based on PixelAV. The effective trapping rates are determined from the measured charge collection efficiencies and the simulated and measured time-resolved current pulses are compared. The effective trapping rates determined for both electrons and holes are about 50% smaller than those obtained using standard extrapolations of studies at low fluences and suggests an improved tracker performance over initial expectations.
In June 2008 single-sided silicon strip sensors with 50 $mu$m readout pitch were tested in a highly energetic pion beam at the SPS at CERN. The purpose of the test was to evaluate characteristic detector properties by varying the strip width and the
number of intermediate strips. The experimental setup and first results for the spatial resolution are discussed.
