Extraction of mean free path of charge carriers in CdZnTe crystals from measured full-energy peaks

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

Volumn 485, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 533-538

  Miyajima, Satoshi ^a   Sakuragi, Hideaki ^b   Matsumoto, Masao ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CdZnTe detector; Hecht equation; Mean free path; Tailing; X ray spectrometry

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CRYSTALS; GAMMA RAYS; RADIOGRAPHY; TELLURIUM; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC;

CDZNTE DETECTOR; HECHT EQUATION; MEAN FREE PATH; TAILING;

CHARGE CARRIERS;

EID: 4243262408     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(01)02126-X     Document Type: Article

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