Room-temperature replacement for Ge detectors-are we there yet?

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 834-842

  Luke, Paul N ^b   Amman, Mark ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma ray detectors; Room temperature gamma ray detectors; Semiconductor detectors

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; LIQUID NITROGEN; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CHARGE TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; DEVICE STRUCTURES; GAMMA RAY DETECTORS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 34548089121     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.903184     Document Type: Conference Paper

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