PIN Diode Detectors

Journal Article · Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2965048· OSTI ID:21149098

Ramirez-Jimenez, F J ^[1]

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1. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares Carretera Mexico-Toluca S/N, La Marquesa, Ocoyoacac, 57150 (Mexico)

A review of the application of PIN diodes as radiation detectors in particle counting, X- and {gamma}-ray spectroscopy, medical applications and charged particle spectroscopy is presented. As a practical example of its usefulness, a PIN diode and a low noise preamplifier are included in a nuclear spectroscopy chain for X-ray measurements. This is a laboratory session designed to review the main concepts needed to set up the detector-preamplifier array and to make measurements of X-ray energy spectra with a room temperature PIN diode. The results obtained are compared with those obtained with a high resolution cooled Si-Li detector.

• OSTI ID: 21149098
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1026, Issue 1; Conference: 11. Mexican workshop on particles and fields, Tuxtla Gutierrez (Mexico), 7-12 Nov 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2965048; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
GAMMA DETECTION
GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY
JUNCTION DETECTORS
LI-DRIFTED SI DETECTORS
NOISE
RESOLUTION
REVIEWS
X-RAY DETECTION
X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY