Published September 21, 2001
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Journal article
Temperature dependence of AlGaAs soft X-ray detectors
- 1. Space Research Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michael Atiyah Building, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH (United Kingdom)
- 2. Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD (United Kingdom)
Description
We have fabricated and characterised unpassivated 200 μm diameter circular mesa Al0.8Ga0.2As p+-i-n+ diodes as soft X-ray photon counting detectors. The spectroscopic performance, as measured by the FWHM of the 5.9 keV X-ray line from an 55Fe radioisotope, shows that these detectors can be used for X-ray photon counting spectroscopy with promising energy resolution (0.9-2.5 keV) over a -30 to +90 oC temperature range.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.06.089Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nima.2010.06.089;
- PII
- S0168-9002(10)01279-9;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 621
- Journal Issue
- 1-3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 453-455
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 42012025
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALUMINIUM ARSENIDES; ENERGY RESOLUTION; GALLIUM ARSENIDES; IRON 55; KEV RANGE; NITROGEN IONS; PERFORMANCE; PHOSPHORUS IONS; PHOTONS; SOFT X RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE RANGE
- Descriptors DEC
- ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ARSENIDES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BOSONS; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IONIZING RADIATIONS; IONS; IRON ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NUCLEI; PNICTIDES; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; RESOLUTION; X RADIATION; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.