AlGaAs/GaAs avalanche detector array 1GBit/s X-ray receiver for timing measurements

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3 PART 2, 1996, Pages 1446-1451

  Lauter, J ^a,b   Forster A ^a,b   Luth H ^a,b   Muller K D ^a,c   Reinartz, R ^a,c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b Institut Für Schicht und Ionentechnik ^*

^c Zentrallabor für Elektronik ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; GAIN MEASUREMENT; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TIMING DEVICES;

ABSORPTION LAYER; AVALANCHE DETECTOR ARRAY; AVALANCHE GAIN; AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; DARK CURRENT DENSITY; IONIZATION RATES RATIO; TIMING MEASUREMENTS; X RAY RECEIVER;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 0030170068     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.507080     Document Type: Article

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