TY - JOUR
T1 - Improved performance lead iodide nuclear radiation detectors
AU - Deich, V.
AU - Roth, M.
PY - 1996/10/1
Y1 - 1996/10/1
N2 - Melt-grown lead iodide single crystals with an improved transport of positive charge carriers (holes) have been developed. It is shown that an energy resolution of about 3% can be obtained for gamma-radiation at 60 keV (241Am isotope source). Improvement of the spectrometric performance of lead iodide detectors at lower gamma-ray energies has been achieved as well due to better purification of the starting material and optimization of the etching procedure. Correlation between the detector performance and the structure of lead iodide crystals has been studied using X-ray diffraction analysis.
AB - Melt-grown lead iodide single crystals with an improved transport of positive charge carriers (holes) have been developed. It is shown that an energy resolution of about 3% can be obtained for gamma-radiation at 60 keV (241Am isotope source). Improvement of the spectrometric performance of lead iodide detectors at lower gamma-ray energies has been achieved as well due to better purification of the starting material and optimization of the etching procedure. Correlation between the detector performance and the structure of lead iodide crystals has been studied using X-ray diffraction analysis.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0030259757&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0168-9002(96)00303-8
DO - 10.1016/S0168-9002(96)00303-8
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AN - SCOPUS:0030259757
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 380
SP - 169
EP - 172
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
IS - 1-2
ER -