Abstract
We report γ-ray detection performance measurements and computer simulations of a sub-millimeter pitch CdZnTe strip detector. The detector is a prototype for γ-ray measurements in the range of 20-600 keV. The prototype is a 1.5 mm thick, 64×64 orthogonal stripe CdZnTe detector of 0.375 mm pitch in both dimensions, with approximately one square inch of sensitive area. Using discrete laboratory electronics to process signals from an 8×8 stripe region of the prototype we measured good spectroscopic uniformity and sub-pitch (~0.2 mm) spatial resolution in both x and y dimensions. We present below measurements of the spatial uniformity, relative timing and pulse height of the anode and cathode signals. We simulated the photon interactions and signal generation in the strip detector and the test electronics and we compare these results with the data. The data indicate that cathode signal-as well as the anode signal-arises more strongly from the conduction electrons rather than the holes.
Department
Space Science Center, Physics
Publication Date
5-1997
Journal Title
Proceedings of the IEEE 23rd Northeast Bioengineering Conference, 1997.
Publisher
IEEE
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1109/NEBC.1997.594956
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Recommended Citation
Larson, K.; Boykin, D.V.; Cherry, M.L.; Courville, J.F.; Doty, F.P.; Drake, A.; Guzik, T.G.; Hamel, L.A.; Macri, J.R.; Mayer, M.; McConnell, M.L.; Ryan, J.M.; Tousignant, O., "CdZnTe strip detectors as sub-millimeter resolution imaging gamma radiation spectrometers," Bioengineering Conference, 1997., Proceedings of the IEEE 1997 23rd Northeast , vol., no., pp.59,60, 21-22 May 1997.
Rights
c 1997 IEEE