Effects of Te Inclusions on the Performance of CdZnTe Radiation Detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2757-2764

  Bolotnikov, A E ^a   Abdul Jabbar, N M ^b   Babalola, O S ^c   Camarda, G S ^a   Cui, Y ^a   Hossain, A M ^a   Jackson, E M ^c   Jackson, H C ^c   James, J A ^d   Kohman, K T ^e   Luryi, A L ^f   James, R B ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

CdZnTe; radiation detectors; Te inclusions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008039171     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2003355     Document Type: Article

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