Cadmium zinc telluride and its use as a nuclear radiation detector material

TE Schlesinger, JE Toney, H Yoon, EY Lee… - Materials Science and …, 2001 - Elsevier
We present a comprehensive review of the material properties of cadmium zinc telluride
(CZT, Cd1− xZnxTe) with zinc content x= 0.1–0.2. Particular emphasis is placed on those …

Review of the Shockley–Ramo theorem and its application in semiconductor gamma-ray detectors

Z He - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research …, 2001 - Elsevier
The Shockley–Ramo theorem is reviewed based on the conservation of energy. This review
shows how the energy is transferred from the bias supplies to the moving charge within a …

Single charge carrier type sensing with a parallel strip pseudo-Frisch-grid CdZnTe semiconductor radiation detector

DS McGregor, Z He, HA Seifert, DK Wehe… - Applied Physics …, 1998 - pubs.aip.org
An improvement in gamma-ray energy resolution is demonstrated for a room-temperature
operated CdZnTe semiconductor detector that incorporates a parallel strip pseudo-Frisch …

Electron trap** nonuniformity in high-pressure-Bridgman-grown CdZnTe

M Amman, JS Lee, PN Luke - Journal of Applied Physics, 2002 - pubs.aip.org
Gamma-ray spectroscopy is a valuable tool of science and technology. Many applications
for this tool are in need of a detector technology capable of achieving excellent energy …

Thin and thick films of metal oxides and metal phthalocyanines as gamma radiation dosimeters

K Arshak, A Arshak, S Zleetni… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Numerous efforts were devoted to investigating the influence of radiation on metal oxides
and polymer materials for dosimetry applications. Metal oxides, such as NiO, LaFeO/sub 3 …

CdZnTe semiconductor parallel strip Frisch grid radiation detectors

DS McGregor, Z He, HA Seifert… - … on Nuclear Science, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
CdZnTe wide band gap compound semiconducting material offers promise as a room
temperature operated gamma ray spectrometer. Position-dependent free charge carrier …

A radioxenon detection system using CdZnTe, an array of SiPMs, and a plastic scintillator

SA Czyz, AT Farsoni - Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 2017 - Springer
This paper presents the design and characterization of a prototype compact beta–gamma
radioxenon detection system that utilizes a coplanar CdZnTe crystal, an array of SiPMs, and …

135Xe measurements with a two-element CZT-based radioxenon detector for nuclear explosion monitoring

L Ranjbar, AT Farsoni, EM Becker - Journal of environmental radioactivity, 2017 - Elsevier
Measurement of elevated concentrations of xenon radioisotopes (131m Xe, 133m Xe, 133
Xe and 135 Xe) in the atmosphere has been shown to be a very powerful method for …

Optimization criteria for coplanar-grid detectors

M Amman, PN Luke - 1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium …, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The coplanar-grid charge-sensing technique is a powerful method to achieve excellent
spectroscopic performance with large-volume, CdZnTe-based, gamma-ray detectors despite …

A CZT-based radioxenon detection system in support of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

L Ranjbar, AT Farsoni, EM Becker - Journal of Radioanalytical and …, 2016 - Springer
In this work, a prototype radioxenon detection system was designed, developed and tested
at Oregon State University to study the response of CdZnTe (CZT) detectors to xenon …