Semiconductor Scintillator for Three-Dimensional Array of Radiation Detectors

Future Trends in Microelectronics: From Nanophotonics to Sensors and Energy

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 331-346

  Luryi, Serge ^a   Subashiev, Arsen ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

Auger recombination; Radiation detectors; Radiation measurements; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor scintillator

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883423303     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470649343.ch28     Document Type: Chapter

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