A small prototype cadmium telluride (CdTe) detector optimized for the detection of γ rays having an energy on the order of 500 keV was designed at the TE.S.R.E./CNR Institute and manufactured by EURORAD (Strasbourg, France). This detector was arranged as an array of 5 × 5 CdTe crystals, each having dimensions of 2 × 2 × 10 mm3, and was constructed primarily in order to verify its technical feasibility and performances. The initial aim in developing this type of detector was for use in space applications such as measurement of annihilation radiation (511 keV photons) from the galactic center and possibly from extragalactic objects i.e., AGNs (active galactic nucleus). Many other applications may also benefit from the use of CdTe position sensitive detectors, in linear or square configuration, such as nuclear medicine diagnostics, non-destructive testing in industrial quality assurance processes, and safety inspection and controls.
Position-sensitive semiconductor detectors for 0.5-MeV gamma rays / Dusi Waldes; Caroli Ezio; Di Cocco Guido; Donati A.; Landini G.; Stephen J.B.; Casali F.; Baldazzi G.; Chirco Piero L.; Rossi Massimo. - STAMPA. - 1734:(1992), pp. 122-130. (Intervento presentato al convegno Gamma-Ray Detectors tenutosi a San Diego, CA, USA, nel 1992) [10.1117/12.138579].
Position-sensitive semiconductor detectors for 0.5-MeV gamma rays
Casali F.;Baldazzi G.Investigation
;Rossi Massimo
1992
Abstract
A small prototype cadmium telluride (CdTe) detector optimized for the detection of γ rays having an energy on the order of 500 keV was designed at the TE.S.R.E./CNR Institute and manufactured by EURORAD (Strasbourg, France). This detector was arranged as an array of 5 × 5 CdTe crystals, each having dimensions of 2 × 2 × 10 mm3, and was constructed primarily in order to verify its technical feasibility and performances. The initial aim in developing this type of detector was for use in space applications such as measurement of annihilation radiation (511 keV photons) from the galactic center and possibly from extragalactic objects i.e., AGNs (active galactic nucleus). Many other applications may also benefit from the use of CdTe position sensitive detectors, in linear or square configuration, such as nuclear medicine diagnostics, non-destructive testing in industrial quality assurance processes, and safety inspection and controls.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
