Comments on Ramo's theorem

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4507, Issue , 2001, Pages 255-263

  Hamel, Louis André ^a   Julien, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Induced charge; Induced current; Radiation detectors; Ramo theorem; Semiconductor detectors; Shockley Ramo theorem; Space charge; Weighting field; Weighting potential

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRODES; INDUCED CURRENTS; POLARIZATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 0035767163     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.450766     Document Type: Conference Paper

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