Innovative carbon nanotube-silicon large area photodetector

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Ambrosio, A ^a,b   Aramo, C ^c   Battiston, R ^d   Castrucci, P ^e   Cilmo, M ^c   De Crescenzi, M ^e   Fiandrini, E ^d   Grossi, V ^f   Guarino, F ^b,c   Maddalena, P ^b,c   Nappi, E ^g   Passacantando, M ^f   Pignatel, G ^d   Santucci, S ^f   Scarselli, M ^e   Tinti, A ^g   Valentini, A ^g   Ambrosio, M ^c  

^a CNR SPIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Materials for solidstate detectors; Photocathodes and their production; Photon detectors for UV; Visible and IR photons (solid state)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865272104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/7/08/P08013     Document Type: Article

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