Ultraviolet-sensitive windowless silicon PIN photodiodes for alpha-ray spectrometry

Mitsuteru Mimura*, Nobuyuki Hasebe, Shingo Kobayashi, Mitsuhiro Miyajima, Tadayoshi Doke, Eido Shibamura

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    Abstract

    Energy resolution measurements of ultraviolet-sensitive windowless silicon p-i-n photodiodes were carried out with alpha rays. A resolution of 12.6 keV in full width at half maximum for 5.486 MeV was achieved. The ultraviolet-sensitive silicon p- i-n photodiodes were found to be suitable to alpha-ray spectrometry.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1740-1741
    Number of pages2
    JournalJapanese Journal of Applied Physics
    Volume47
    Issue number3 PART 1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008 Mar 14

    Keywords

    • Alpha-ray spectrometry
    • Alpha-ray spectroscopy
    • PIN photodiode
    • UV-sensitive photodiode
    • Windowless photodiode

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Engineering(all)
    • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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