Subnanosecond timing with large area avalanche photodiodes and LSO scintillator

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3 PART 2, 1996, Pages 1298-1302

  Moszynski M ^a   Ludziejewski, T ^a   Wolski, D ^a   Klamra, W ^b   Szawlowski, M ^c   Kapusta, M ^d  

^a SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Advanced Photonix Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; GAIN MEASUREMENT; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RADIATION DETECTORS;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; ELECTRON HOLE PAIR YIELD; ENERGY RESOLUTION; FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM; LSO SCINTILLATORS; SHAPING TIME CONSTANT; SUBNANOSECOND TIMING; TIME RESOLUTION;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 0030168770     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.506682     Document Type: Article

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