Avalanche photodiode arrays enable large-area measurements of medium-energy electrons

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2533-2537

  Ogasawara, Keiichi ^a   Livi, Stefano ^a   Dayeh, Maher A ^a   Allegrini, Frederic ^a   Desai, Mihir I ^a   McComas, David J ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes; Electron detectors; Solid state detectors; Space instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; AREA MEASUREMENT; AVALANCHE PHOTO-DIODE ARRAYS; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON DETECTORS; ELECTROSTATIC ANALYZER; ENERGY RANGES; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; LARGE-AREA AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; MEDIUM-ENERGY ELECTRON; MONTE CARLO MODELING; NEW DEVICES; POSITION SENSITIVE; SOLID-STATE DETECTORS; SPACE INSTRUMENTATION;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; COMPASSES (MAGNETIC); ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONS; PHOTODIODES;

DETECTORS;

EID: 69549123000     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2022164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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