Published February 15, 1999 | Version v1
Journal article

Electric field distribution in CdTe and Cd15-xZnxTe nuclear detectors

  • 1. PHASE-CNRS, 23 Rue du Loess, BP 20, F-67037 Strasbourg Cedex (France)
  • 2. EURORAD II-VI, 23 Rue du Loess, BP 20, F-67037 Strasbourg Cedex (France)

Description

Internal field measurement in nuclear radiation detectors has always been a very difficult task. Hopefully, II-VI semiconductors, and all zinc blende structure, have a strong linear electro-optical coefficient, which allows to make use of Pockels effect. CdTe and CdZnTe are IR transparent and polarized light transmission is strongly related to the internal electric field. Therefore, IR transmission provides us powerful tools for electric field mapping. Detectors with several geometry have been investigated for improving detection quality

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Journal Title
Journal of Crystal Growth
Journal Volume
197
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 650-654
ISSN
0022-0248