Recent developments in semiconductor gamma-ray detectors

P. N. Luke; M. Amman; C. Tindall; J. S. Lee

doi:10.1007/s10967-005-0687-8

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Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volume/Issue:: Volume 264: Issue 1

Recent developments in semiconductor gamma-ray detectors

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P. N. Luke

P. N. Luke Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

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M. Amman

M. Amman Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

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C. Tindall

C. Tindall Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

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J. S. Lee

J. S. Lee Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

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Pages:: 145–153

Online Publication Date:: 24 Mar 2005

Publication Date:: 17 Mar 2005

Article Category:: Research Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-005-0687-8

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Summary

The successful development of lithium-drifted Ge detectors in the 1960s marked the beginning of the significant use of semiconductor crystals for direct detection and spectroscopy of gamma-rays. In the 1970s, high-purity Ge became available, which enabled the production of complex detectors and multi-detector systems. In the following decades, the technology of semiconductor gamma-ray detectors continued to advance, with significant developments not only in Ge detectors but also in Si detectors and room-temperature compound-semiconductor detectors. In recent years, our group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has developed a variety of gamma-ray detectors based on these semiconductor materials. Examples include Ge strip detectors, lithium-drifted Si strip detectors, and coplanar-grid CdZnTe detectors. These advances provide new capabilities in the measurement of gamma-rays, such as the ability to perform imaging and the realization of highly compact spectroscopy systems.

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