DocumentCode
796116
Title
Position Sensitive Particle Detection by Means of Multiple Diode Arrays
Author
Brown, W.L. ; Buck, T.M. ; Gibson, W.M. ; Kerr, R.W. ; Lie, H.P.
Author_Institution
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated Murray Hill, New Jersey
Volume
17
Issue
3
fYear
1970
fDate
6/1/1970 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
329
Lastpage
336
Abstract
Multiple diode arrays of the type developed for optical image sensing in vidicon-type TV camera tubes have been investigated as two-dimensional position sensitive detectors of single charged particles. The approximately half-inch square arrays consist of more than 700,000 diffused silicon diodes. The array is read out by a scanning electron beam. With such a system we have observed individual pulses from helium ions alpha particles and fission fragments in the 0.5 to 50 MeV energy range. The spatial resolution of the system is observed to be about 30 microns for the lower energies.
Keywords
Cameras; Diodes; Electron beams; Electron optics; Optical arrays; Optical sensors; Position sensitive particle detectors; Sensor arrays; Silicon; TV;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNS.1970.4325708
Filename
4325708
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