Published December 30, 1994
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Journal article
Radiation detection performance of very high gain avalanche photodiodes
- 1. Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc., 44 Hunt Street, Watertown, MA 02172 (United States)
Description
Large area silicon avalanche photodiodes (APDs) have been fabricated with maximum avalanche gains exceeding 10 000 and with relatively flat signal-to-noise performance from gains of a few hundred to gains of a few thousand. Gain and noise performance as well as detector speed of response is presented for APDs with active areas of 4 mm2 and 64 mm2. An overview of the performance of these devices as radiation detectors includes pulse height spectra using the APD as a scintillation spectrometer coupled to CsI(Tl) and to plastic scintillator, and also for direct detection of low energy X-rays. ((orig.))
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 353
- Journal Issue
- 1-3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 176-179.
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
Conference
- Title
- 8. symposium on radiation measurements and applications.
- Dates
- 16-19 May 1994.
- Place
- Ann Arbor, MI (United States).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 26030562
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ALPHA DETECTION; ALUMINIUM; BETA SPECTRA; BETA-MINUS DECAY; BISMUTH 207; COBALT 57; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON CAPTURE DECAY; ELECTRON SPECTRA; FLUORESCENCE; GAIN; INTERNAL CONVERSION; IRON 55; JUNCTION DIODES; KEV RANGE 01-10; MEV RANGE 01-10; N-TYPE CONDUCTORS; P-N JUNCTIONS; P-TYPE CONDUCTORS; PHOTODIODES; PLASTIC SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATOR-PHOTODIODE DETECTORS; SI SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SILICON; SILICON DIODES; STRONTIUM 90; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0065-0273 K; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K; TIMING PROPERTIES; X-RAY DETECTION; X-RAY SPECTRA
- Descriptors DEC
- AMPLIFICATION; BETA DECAY; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BISMUTH ISOTOPES; CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; COBALT ISOTOPES; CONVERSION; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DECAY; DETECTION; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTS; EMISSION; ENERGY RANGE; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IRON ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; KEV RANGE; LUMINESCENCE; MATERIALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; METALS; MEV RANGE; NUCLEAR DECAY; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; PHOTON EMISSION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SEMIMETALS; SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; SPECTRA; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; TEMPERATURE RANGE; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES