Lead iodide nuclear spectrometers
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Vol. 35 (1) , 89-92
- https://doi.org/10.1109/23.12680
Abstract
The preparation of radiation detectors from semiconducting lead iodide is discussed, and the performance of these devices as X-ray and gamma-ray spectrometers is evaluated. Detectors prepared from melt-grown crystals exhibit good energy resolution for low-energy (<10 keV) X-rays. The energy resolution for higher-energy photons is lower, consistent with the measured values of the electron and hole mobility-lifetime products. Measurements at elevated temperatures show that the detectors continue to operate well over 100 degrees C.Keywords
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