Characteristics of a 16 × 16 Fine-pixel cadmium-zinc-telluride detector

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4851, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1019-1028

  Sharma, D P ^a   Gaskin, J A ^b   Ramsey, B D ^a   Seller, P ^c  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CdZnTe; HERO; Pixellated detectors; X ray

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; OBSERVATORIES; X RAY ANALYSIS;

GRAZING INCIDENCE OPTICS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 0037957217     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.478479     Document Type: Conference Paper

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