Published January 15, 1992
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Journal article
Silicon PIN photodetectors in high resolution nuclear spectroscopy
- 1. Physics Dept., Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
- 2. eV Products, Remsenburg, NY (United States)
Description
The performance of silicon PIN diodes for use in X- and gamma-ray spectroscopy has been measured with a specially designed hybrid preamplifier. Our results show an ENC of 360 for a 10x10 mm2 photodiode. When the photodiode is coupled to a CsI(Tl) scintillator, we obtain 5.6% at FWHM for the 662 keV gamma ray of the 137Cs source. Theoretical as well as experimental considerations are suggested to improve the performance of these detectors. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A
- Journal Volume
- 311
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A.
- Journal Page Range
- 529-538
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAE
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 23040267
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALPHA DECAY; AMERICIUM 241; BACKGROUND NOISE; BETA SPECTROSCOPY; BETA-MINUS DECAY; BISMUTH 207; COBALT 60; ELECTRON CAPTURE DECAY; ELECTRON SPECTRA; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY RESOLUTION; ENERGY SPECTRA; GAMMA DETECTION; GAMMA SPECTRA; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; INTERNAL CONVERSION; JUNCTION DIODES; KEV RANGE 10-100; KEV RANGE 100-1000; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; PREAMPLIFIERS; SCINTILLATOR-PHOTODIODE DETECT; SILICON DIODES; SODIUM 22; SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0065-0273 K; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K; X-RAY SPECTRA; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; AMERICIUM ISOTOPES; AMPLIFIERS; BETA DECAY; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BISMUTH ISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; CONVERSION; DECAY; DETECTION; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENERGY RANGE; EQUIPMENT; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; KEV RANGE; LIGHT NUCLEI; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NANOSEC LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NOISE; NUCLEAR DECAY; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; RESOLUTION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SODIUM ISOTOPES; SPECTRA; SPECTROSCOPY; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTO; TEMPERATURE RANGE; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES