Improvement of the productivity in the THM growth of CdTe single crystal as nuclear radiation detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1 PART 2, 2010, Pages 395-399

  Shiraki, Hiroyuki ^a   Funaki, Minoru ^a   Ando, Yukio ^a   Kominami, Shinya ^b   Amemiya, Kensuke ^b   Ohno, Ryoichi ^a  

^a Acrorad Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cdte characterization; CdTE growth; Gamma ray detectors; Growth rate; PET; THM

Indexed keywords

CDTE; CDTE DETECTOR; CRYSTALLINE QUALITY; DETECTOR PERFORMANCE; GAMMA RAY DETECTOR; GROWTH CONDITIONS; NUCLEAR RADIATION DETECTORS; PET; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCHOTTKY DETECTORS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TRANSMISSION MICROSCOPY;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CESIUM; GAMMA RAYS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GROWTH RATE; NUCLEAR RADIATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DETECTORS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 77950654041     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2035316     Document Type: Article

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