Approaching cryogenic Ge performance with peltier cooled CdTe

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4507, Issue , 2001, Pages 50-56

  Khusainov, A K ^a   Iwanczyk, J S ^b   Patt, B E ^b   Pirogov, A M ^b   Voa, D T ^c   Russo, P A ^c  

^a PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b Radiant Detectors LLC   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium Telluride; CdTe; Energy resolution; Gamma ray spectroscopy; Isotopics; P i n detector; Plutonium

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COOLING; CRYOGENICS; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; RADIATION DETECTORS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ENERGY RESOLUTION;

SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0035762281     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.450772     Document Type: Article

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