Progress in the development of large area sub-millimeter resolution CdZnTe strip detectors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2859, Issue , 1996, Pages 29-36

  Macri, J R ^a   Boykin, D V ^a   Larson, K ^a   Mayer, M ^a   McConnell, M L ^a   Ryan, J M ^a   Cherry, M L ^b   Guzik, T G ^b   Apotovsky, B A ^c   Butler, J F ^c   Doty, F P ^c   Lingren, C L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Digirad   (United States)

Author keywords

CdZnTe; CZT; Gamma ray astronomy; Imaging; Strip detector; X ray astronomy

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM ALLOYS; GAMMA RAYS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; READOUT SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS; SPACE OPTICS; X RAYS; ZINC ALLOYS;

ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENT; CDZNTE; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY; IMAGING CAPABILITIES; STRIP DETECTORS; SUB-MILLIMETER RESOLUTIONS; X-RAY ASTRONOMY;

X RAY DETECTORS;

EID: 0002280977     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.245150     Document Type: Conference Paper

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