Investigation of the energy resolution and charge collection efficiency of Cd(Zn)Te detectors with three electrodes

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3 III, 2004, Pages 1229-1234

  Kim, Hadong ^a   Cirignano, Leonard ^a   Shah, Kanai ^a   Squillante, Michael ^a   Wong, Philip ^a  

^a RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON TRAPS; GAMMA RAYS; GROUNDING ELECTRODES; HOLE TRAPS; PHOTONS; SPECTROSCOPY;

CD(ZN)TE DETECTORS; CHARGE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY SPECTRUM; HOLE TAILING EFFECTS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 3342996170     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.829385     Document Type: Conference Paper

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