Evaluation of THM-grown CdZnTe material for large-volume gamma-ray detector applications

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 795-799

  Amman, Mark ^a   Lee, Julie S ^a   Luke, Paul N ^a   Chen, Henry ^b   Awadalla, Salah A ^b   Redden, Robert ^b   Bindley, Glenn ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b REDLEN TECHNOLOGIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

CdZnTe detectors; Charge carrier lifetime; Charge carrier mobility; Gamma ray spectroscopy detectors

Indexed keywords

CDZNTE CRYSTALS; CDZNTE DETECTORS; COPLANAR GRID DETECTORS; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; GAMMA RAY DETECTOR; GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY DETECTORS; MOBILITY-LIFETIME PRODUCTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TRAVELING HEATER METHOD;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CARRIER LIFETIME; CRYSTALS; DETECTORS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETERS; STARS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 67649227001     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2010402     Document Type: Article

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