Material properties of large-volume cadmium zinc telluride crystals and their relationship to nuclear detector performance

Journal of Electronic Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 788-799

  James, R B ^a   Brunett, B ^a,b   Heffelfinger, J ^a   Van Scyoc, J ^a,c   Lund, J ^a   Doty, F P ^d   Lingren, C L ^d   Olsen, R ^a   Cross, E ^a   Hermon, H ^a   Yoon, H ^a,c   Hilton, N ^a,e   Schieber, M ^a   Lee, E Y ^a   Toney, J ^b   Schlesinger, T E ^b   Goorsky, M ^c   Yao, W ^a,f   Chen, H ^g   Burger, A ^f  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Digirad   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^g FISK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CZT; Etching; Gamma ray response; Internal electric fields; Microstructural properties; Nuclear detectors; Photoluminescence; Precipitates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000865167     PISSN: 03615235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-998-0055-x     Document Type: Article

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