High efficiency silicon X-ray detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 1803-1807

  Tull, C R ^a   Iwanczyk, J S ^a   Patt, B E ^a   Barkan, S ^b   Feng, L ^b  

^a Proton Imaging Inc   (United States)

^b Radiant Detectors LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Multicathode detector; Silicon; Synchrotron; X ray detector

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC COOLING; GERMANIUM ENERGY DISPERSIVE (EDS) DETECTORS; HIGH-PURITY GERMANIUM (HPGE) DETECTORS; MULTICATHODE DETECTORS;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CRYOGENICS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SILICON; SYNCHROTRONS; X RAYS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 4444234857     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.832291     Document Type: Conference Paper

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