Performance of a thin-window silicon drift detector x-ray fluorescence spectrometer

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2843-2849

  Carini, Gabriella A ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   De Geronimo, Gianluigi ^a   Gaskin, Jessica A ^b   Keister, Jeffrey W ^a   Li, Zheng ^a   Ramsey, Brian D ^b   Rehak, Pavel ^a   Siddons, David P ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias voltage; Silicon drift detector with hexagonal shaped cathode; Thin rectifying p n junction entrance window with minimum "dead"layer silicon; X ray energy spectrum

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; BEAM LINES; BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY; DETECTOR ARRAYS; ENTRANCE WINDOW; FIELD ELECTRODES; FIELD PLATES; GUARD-RINGS; PIXEL ARRAYS; SILICON DRIFT DETECTOR; SILICON DRIFT DETECTOR WITH HEXAGONAL SHAPED CATHODE; TESTING RESULTS; THIN RECTIFYING P-N JUNCTION ENTRANCE WINDOW WITH MINIMUM ''DEAD''LAYER SILICON; X RAY RADIATION; X-RAY ENERGY SPECTRUM; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETER;

ALUMINA; BIAS VOLTAGE; DETECTORS; DISTILLATION; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES; SPECTROSCOPY; VEHICULAR TUNNELS; WINDOWS;

PIXELS;

EID: 70350168777     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2028574     Document Type: Article

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