Development of the semiconductor radiation detector
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6374595
Development of the semiconductor radiation detector began with the work on crystal detectors in 1932. Twenty years later the detection of alpha particles with semiconductor junctions generated a wave of studies and experiments. These studies led to the development of the gold--germanium alpha counter and its application to low-energy nuclear physics. This document traces the expansion of the gold--germanium alpha-particle detectors, through such developments as the room temperature heavy-particle counters and wider depletion region techniques, to the emergence of germanium gamma semiconductor detectors, and later the fabriction of high-purity germanium multidetector arrays.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-04-0789
- OSTI ID:
- 6374595
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-78-1114
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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