Solid-State Radiation Detectors

4	CdTe/CZT Spectrometers with 3-D Imaging Capabilities Ezio Caroli and Stefano del Sordo

CONTENTS

4.1    Introduction

4.2    X- and γ-Ray Spectroscopy with CZT/CdTe Sensors

4.2.1    CdTe/CZT used as X- and γ-ray Spectrometer

4.2.2    Spectroscopic Performance Improvement Techniques

4.3    3-D CZT/CdTe Sensor Configurations

4.3.1    Pixel Spectrometers with Coplanar Guard Grid

4.3.2    PTF Microstrip with Drift Configuration

4.4    Considerations on 3-D CZT/CdTe Spectrometer Applications

References

4.1    INTRODUCTION

Semiconductor detector technology has dramatically changed the broad field of x-ray and γ-ray spectroscopy and imaging. Semiconductor detectors, originally developed for particle physics applications, are now widely used for ...