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    Neganov–Luke Phonon Amplification in P-type Point Contact Detectors

    The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) detectors measure ionization and athermal phonons in high purity germanium crystals to discriminate between nuclear recoils from dark matter candidates and radioactive b...

    N. Mirabolfathi, M. Amman, D. Faiez, P. N. Luke in Journal of Low Temperature Physics (2014)

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    Recent advances in THM CZT for Nuclear Radiation Detection

    The introduction of large single crystal and high performance CdZnTe (CZT) grown by the traveling heater method (THM) in 2006 has defied conventional myths about the capability of this crystal growth method wi...

    J. MacKenzie, H. Chen, S. A. Awadalla, P. Marthandam in MRS Online Proceedings Library (2009)

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    Recent developments in semiconductor gamma-ray detectors

    The successful development of lithium-drifted Ge detectors in the 1960s marked the beginning of the significant use of semiconductor crystals for direct detection and spectroscopy of gamma-rays. In the 1970s, ...

    P. N. Luke, M. Amman, C. Tindall, J. S. Lee in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Che… (2005)

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    Uniformity and reproducibility studies of low-pressure-grown Cd0.90Zn0.10Te crystalline materials for radiation detectors

    A large number of room-temperature detectors have been produced from CdZnTe crystals grown with 10% Zn and 1.5% excess tellurium by the low-pressure, vertical-Bridgman technique. Radiation spectra obtained by ...

    S. Terterian, M. Chu, D. Ting, L. C. Wu, C. C. Wang in Journal of Electronic Materials (2003)

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    Amorphous Silicon/Crystalline Silicon Heterojunctions in Nuclear Radiation Detector Fabrication

    Application of amorphous silicon/crystalline silicon heterojunctions formed by RF sputter deposition and plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition to the fabrication of nuclear radiation detectors is described...

    J. T. Walton, M. Amman, G. Conti, W. S. Hong, P. N. Luke in MRS Online Proceedings Library (1998)

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    Physics-based generation of gamma-ray response functions for CdZnTe detectors

    A physics-based approach to gamma-ray response-function generation is presented in which the response of CdZnTe detectors is modeled from first principles. Numerical modeling is used to generate response funct...

    T. H. Prettyman, C. S. Cooper, P. N. Luke in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Che… (1998)

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    A high-resolution Ge spectrometer for Gamma-Ray burst astronomy

    The Transient Gamma-Ray Spectrometer (TGRS) to be flown aboard the WIND spacecraft is primarily designed to perform high resolution spectroscopy of transient γ-ray events, such as cosmic γ-ray bursts and solar...

    A. Owens, R. Baker, T. L. Cline, N. Gehrels, J. Jermakian in Space Science Reviews (1995)

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    Long-Wavelength Germanium Photodetectors by Ion Implantation

    Extrinsic far-infrared photoconductivity in thin high-purity germanium wafers implanted with multiple-energy boron ions has been investigated. Initial results from Fourier transform spectrometer(FTS) measureme...

    I. C. Wu, J. W. Beeman, P. N. Luke, W. L. Hansen in MRS Online Proceedings Library (1990)

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    Performance and materials aspects of Ge:Be photoconductors

    Ge:Be photoconductors have been developed for low photon background applications in the 30–50 μm wavelength region. These detectors provide higher responsivity and lower noise equivalent power (NEP) than the G...

    N. M. Haegel, E. E. Haller, P. N. Luke in International Journal of Infrared and Mill… (1983)