Evaluation of TlBr detectors with Tl electrodes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7079, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hitomi, Keitaro ^a,b   Kikuchi, Yohei ^b   Shoji, Tadayoshi ^a   Ishii, Keizo ^b  

^a TOHOKU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrode reaction; Polarization phenomena; Semiconductor detector; TIBr; Tl electrode

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; NEUTRON DETECTORS; POLARIZATION; RADIATION DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; STARS;

APPLIED BIAS VOLTAGES; CHARGE-SENSITIVE PREAMPLIFIERS; ELECTRODE REACTION; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; FULL-ENERGY PEAKS; LONG-TERM STABILITIES; POLARIZATION PHENOMENA; SPECTROSCOPY AMPLIFIERS; TIBR; TL ELECTRODE;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 57549117283     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.794381     Document Type: Conference Paper

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