Spectral response of THM grown CdZnTe crystals

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1567-1572

  Chen, Henry ^a   Awadalla, Salah A ^a   Harris, Fraser ^a   Lu, Pinghe ^a   Redden, Robert ^a   Bindley, Glenn ^a   Copete, Antonio ^b   Hong, Jaesub ^b   Grindlay, Jonathan ^b   Amman, Mark ^c   Lee, Julie S ^c   Luke, Paul ^c   Kuvvetli, Irfan ^d   Budtz Jorgensen, Carl ^d  

^a REDLEN TECHNOLOGIES   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coplanar grid; CZT; Depth correction; Gamma ray; THM

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; POWDERS; SOLIDS;

CDZNTE CRYSTALS; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; SPECTRAL RESPONSES; TRAVELING HEATER METHOD (THM);

CRYSTALS;

EID: 45849104277     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.924089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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