Advances in solid state photon detectors

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Renker, D ^a   Lorenz, E ^b,c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (solid state); Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (solid state) (PIN diodes, APDs, Si PMTs, CCDs, EBCCDs etc)

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE PHOTO DIODE (APD); COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; GEIGER MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE; PHOTON DETECTOR; PIN DIODE; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; GEIGER COUNTERS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

PHOTONS;

EID: 70449381116     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/4/04/P04004     Document Type: Article

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