VERY HIGH-RESOLUTION DETECTION OF GAMMA-RADIATION AT ROOM-TEMPERATURE USING P-I-N DETECTORS OF CDZNTE AND HGCDTE

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HAMILTON, WJ [1 ]
RHIGER, DR [1 ]
SEN, S [1 ]
KALISHER, MH [1 ]
JAMES, K [1 ]
REID, CP [1 ]
GERRISH, V [1 ]
BACCASH, CO [1 ]
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[1] EG&G ENERGY MEASUREMENTS INC,GOLETA,CA 93117
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10.1109/23.322845
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High-energy photon detectors have been constructed by engineering and fabricating p-i-n diode structures consisting of bulk CdZnTe and epitaxial HgCdTe. The p-i-n structure was obtained by liquid-phase epitaxial growth of p and n doped HgCdTe layers on ''intrinsic'' CdZnTe material about 1mm thick and approximately 25mm square. Curve tracing shows I-V curves with diode characteristics having resistivity above 10(11) OMEGA-cm and leakage current of <400 pA to about -60V reverse bias on a typical test piece approximately 5x8x1 mm. Spectra of similar test pieces have been obtained at room temperature with various nuclear isotopic sources over the range of 22 keV to 662 keV which show exceptionally high energy resolution. Resolution as good as 1.82% FWHM was obtained for the 356 keV line of Ba-133 with a P/V=3.4. The performance of these detectors combined with contemporary infrared technology capable of fabricating 2D arrays of these II-VI materials opens up manifold exciting applications in astrophysics, medical, industrial, environmental, and defense spectroscopy and imaging.
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