Advances in TlBr detector development

Journal of Crystal Growth

Volumn 379, Issue , 2013, Pages 93-98

  Hitomi, Keitaro ^a   Shoji, Tadayoshi ^b   Ishii, Keizo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A1. Purification; A1. Radiation; A2. Growth from melt; B1. Halides; B2. Semiconducting materials

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATION DETECTORS; THALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

B1. HALIDES; COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTORS; DETECTOR DEVELOPMENT; DETECTOR FABRICATION; DETECTOR PERFORMANCE; GAMMA RAY DETECTOR; GROWTH FROM MELTS; SEMICONDUCTING MATERIALS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 84885383900     PISSN: 00220248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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