Semiconductor high-energy radiation scintillation detector

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 565, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 650-656

  Kastalsky, A ^a   Luryi, S ^a   Spivak, B ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

3D integration; Burstein shift; Direct gap semiconductors; GaAs; InP; Semiconductor scintillator

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); HOLE MOBILITY; INFRARED RADIATION; PHOTODETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

3D INTEGRATION; BURSTEIN SHIFT; DIRECT GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR SCINTILLATORS;

PHOSPHORS;

EID: 33748092398     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.05.125     Document Type: Article

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