Improvements in modeling of diffusion-limited point spread function in solid-state detectors

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2468-2472

  Eskin, Joshua D ^a   Blouke, Morley M ^a  

^a BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion equations; Modulation transfer function (MTF); Point spread function (PSF)

Indexed keywords

CARRIER DIFFUSIONS; DETECTOR PERFORMANCE; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION LIMITED; DIRECT CALCULATION; EQUIVALENT MODEL; IMAGE POINTS; IMAGING DETECTOR; INTRINSIC RESOLUTION; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION (MTF); MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE; POINT SPREAD FUNCTION (PSF); POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTIONS; PSF MODEL; ROBINSON; SOLID STATE DETECTORS; SPATIAL-FREQUENCY DOMAIN;

DETECTORS; DIFFUSION; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SIMULATORS; SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

EID: 70350728397     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2009.2030609     Document Type: Article

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