First operation of a hybrid photon detector prototype with electrostatic cross-focussing and integrated silicon pixel readout

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 449, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-59

  Alemi, M ^a   Campbell, M ^a   Gys, T ^a   Mikulec, B ^a   Piedigrossi, D ^a   Puertolas, D ^b   Rosso, E ^a   Schomaker, R ^c   Snoeys, W ^a   Wyllie, K ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c Delft Electronic Products (DEP)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; ELECTROSTATICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHOTONS; READOUT SYSTEMS; SILICON;

ENERGY LOSS; HYBRID PHOTON DETECTORS; SILICON PIXEL READOUT; STOPPING POWER;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0034224487     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)01448-5     Document Type: Article

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