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Combination of a scintillator and a semiconductor photodiode for nuclear particle detection

Blamires, 1963

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4221176491380077182
Author
Blamires M
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods

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Surface barrier junction-diodes with high photosensitivities in the 4 000 Å region have been made by using very thin evaporated gold contacts (≈ 20 μg/cm 2). These photodiodes have been used in conjunction with scintillators as nuclear particle detectors. Properties of the …
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