Published April 1985
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Journal article
Growth of In-doped CdTe and its application for γ-ray detector
- 1. Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan). Dept. of Materials Science
- 2. Tohoku Inst. of Tech., Sendai (Japan). Dept. of Electronic Engineering
Description
CdTe single crystals with In doping of approx. 100 ppm to total weight were grown from excess Te solution. It seems that the electrical conductivity is dominated by a highly compensated shallow donor. A detector of the surface barrier type was fabricated by depositing electroless Au on both sides of the cleaved face. These detectors showed good responses for 241Am and 133Ba γ-rays under low bias voltage 3-7 V. This suggests the possibility for application to a handy detector. (Auth.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Mater. Lett.
- Journal Volume
- 3
- Journal Issue
- 5-6
- Series
- Mater. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 219-221
- ISSN
- 0167-577X
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 16065030
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- AMERICIUM 241; BARIUM 133; CADMIUM TELLURIDES; CDTE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DOPED MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAMMA DETECTION; GAMMA SOURCES; GAMMA SPECTRA; INDIUM ADDITIONS; MEDIUM TEMPERATURE; MONOCRYSTALS; PERFORMANCE; SURFACE BARRIER DETECTORS; USES
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; AMERICIUM ISOTOPES; BARIUM ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; CRYSTALS; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DETECTION; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIOISOTOPES; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SPECTRA; TELLURIDES; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES