Evaluation of a junction termination extension APD for use with scintillators

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1220-1223

  Gramsch, Ernesto ^a,b   Pcheliakov, Oleg P ^c   Chistokhin, Igor B ^c   Tishkovsky, E ^c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DARK CURRENTS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ION IMPLANTATION; PHOTODETECTORS;

ENERGY RESOLUTION; IMPLANTATION CHARGE; JUNCTION TERMINATION EXTENSION (JTE);

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 38649095986     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.356064     Document Type: Conference Paper

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