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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...
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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...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...