• DocumentCode
    900612
  • Title

    Detector Materials: Germanium and Silicon

  • Author

    Haller, E.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering University of California Berkeley, California 94720 U.S.A.
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1982
  • fDate
    6/1/1982 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1109
  • Lastpage
    1118
  • Abstract
    This article is a summary of a short course lecture given in conjunction with the 1981 Nuclear Science Symposium. The basic physical properties of elemental semiconductors are reviewed. The interaction of energetic radiation with matter is discussed in order to develop a feeling for the appropriate semiconductor detector dimensions. The extremely low net dopant concentrations which are required are derived directly from the detector dimensions. A survey of the more recent techniques which have been developed for the analysis of detector grade semiconductor single crystals is presented.
  • Keywords
    Bonding; Charge carrier processes; Electrons; Elemental semiconductors; Engine cylinders; Germanium; Photonic band gap; Radiation detectors; Semiconductor impurities; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1982.4336330
  • Filename
    4336330