Silicon Junctions as Particle Spectrometers

Both Au-Si surface barriers and silicon p-n junctions operate satisfactorily as particle spectrometers. The use of high resistivity material gives a depletion region wide enough to stop high-energy protons, α particles, and heavier ions. A resolution of 16 kev (width at half-maximum) for 6.04 mev α...

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Published in:I.R.E. transactions on nuclear science 1960-06, Vol.7 (2/3), p.195-199
Main Authors: McKenzie, J. M., Waugh, J. B. S.
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ABSORPTION
ALPHA PARTICLES
BETA PARTICLES
Capacitance
CHARGED PARTICLES
COBALT 57
Counting circuits
Detectors
DIAGRAMS
DIODES
DISTRIBUTION
ENERGY LEVELS
ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT
GOLD
IONS
PROTONS
PULSES
RESOLUTION
Semiconductor diodes
SEMICONDUCTORS
Signal resolution
SILICON
SPECTROMETERS
Spectroscopy
Statistics
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ALPHA PARTICLES
BETA PARTICLES
Capacitance
CHARGED PARTICLES
COBALT 57
Counting circuits
Detectors
DIAGRAMS
DIODES
DISTRIBUTION
ENERGY LEVELS
ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT
GOLD
IONS
PROTONS
PULSES
RESOLUTION
Semiconductor diodes
SEMICONDUCTORS
Signal resolution
SILICON
SPECTROMETERS
Spectroscopy
Statistics
title Silicon Junctions as Particle Spectrometers
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