• DocumentCode
    830815
  • Title

    ALSB as a High-Energy Photon Detector

  • Author

    Yee, Jick H. ; Swierkowski, Stefan P. ; Sherohman, John W.

  • Author_Institution
    University of California, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1977
  • fDate
    6/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1962
  • Lastpage
    1967
  • Abstract
    The possibility of using AlSb as a potential material for high-energy photon detection is examined by comparing the mobilities of the free carriers, the energy gap, the atomic number, and the carrier recombination time for AlSb, CdTe, Si, and Ge. It is concluded that at room temperature AlSb should be an intrinsically better high-energy photon detector than the three other materials. Simulated detector spectra for AlSb and CdTe are compared for ambient temperature detector performance.
  • Keywords
    Charge carrier processes; Crystalline materials; Detectors; Effective mass; Electron mobility; III-V semiconductor materials; Impurities; Photonic crystals; Spontaneous emission; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1977.4329136
  • Filename
    4329136
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=830815