• DocumentCode
    796041
  • Title

    Large Diameter Germaniun Crystals for Gama-Ray Spectrometry

  • Author

    Dearnaley, G. ; Gibbons, P.E. ; Ellis, R.

  • Author_Institution
    A.E.R.E., Harwell, Berks, England
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1970
  • fDate
    6/1/1970 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    282
  • Lastpage
    286
  • Abstract
    The paper reviews the progress made in the development of large diameter germanium crystals for gamma-ray spectrometry. These are vacuum pulled and have been shown to be consistently free of oxygen. Planar devices of 40 sq.cm. area and depletion thicknesses of 8 mm have given an energy resolution better than 3.7 KeV at 1.33 MeV. The relationship between detector performance and crystal properties is examined for possible correlation.
  • Keywords
    Crystals; Detectors; Diodes; Energy resolution; Fabrication; Germanium; Leakage current; Lithium; Production; Spectroscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1970.4325701
  • Filename
    4325701