Grain geometry effect on responsivity of semiconducting HgI2/polymer x-ray detectors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4784, Issue , 2003, Pages 128-135

  Saado, Y ^a   Schieber, M ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Composites; Detectors; HgI2; Imaging; Polycrystalline; X ray

Indexed keywords

CARRIER TRANSPORT; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLITES; DETECTORS; GAMMA RAYS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; POLYMERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

CHARGE TRANSPORT MECHANISMS; CONDUCTING PARTICLES; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; HGI2; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POLYMERIC COMPOSITES; SENSITIVITY CHARACTERISTICS;

X RAY DETECTORS;

EID: 33947598037     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.465800     Document Type: Conference Paper

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