Some Studies of Avalanche Photodiode Readout of Fast Scintillators

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 351-356

  Holl, I ^a   Lorenz, E ^b   Natkaniez, S ^c   Renker, D ^d   Schmelz, C ^e   Schwartz, B ^f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b Institute of Nuclear Physics ^*

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f BUDKER INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PHOSPHORS; RADIATION DAMAGE; SHOT NOISE;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTION; IMPACT IONIZATION FACTOR;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 0029359355     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.467822     Document Type: Article

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