Study of the thickness of the dead layer below electrodes, deposited by electroless technique, in CdTe nuclear detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 378-382

  Zahraman, Khaled ^a   Roumie, Mohamad ^a   Raulo, Adelaide ^b,c   Auricchio, Natalia ^d   Ayoub, Mohamed ^e   Donati, Ariano ^d   Dusi, Waldes ^c,f   Hage Ali, Makram ^e   Lmaï, Fatima ^e   Perillo, Eugenio ^b,c   Siffert, Paul ^g   Sowinska, Malgorzata ^h   Ventura, Giulio ^d  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g European Materials Research Society   (France)

^h EURORAD   (France)

Author keywords

Cdte detectors; Dead layer; Energy loss; Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) measurements; Various irradiation angles; X ray measurements

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; DETECTORS; ELECTROLESS PLATING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; PHOTONS;

CDTE DETECTORS; DEAD LAYER; ENERGY LOSS; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROMETRY (RBS) MEASUREMENTS; VARIOUS IRRADIATION ANGLES; X-RAY MEASUREMENTS;

ELECTRODES;

EID: 33645689340     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.869846     Document Type: Article

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