X-ray spectrometry with Peltier-cooled large area avalanche photodiodes
Performance characteristics of the response of a Peltier-cooled large-area avalanche photodiode are investigated. Detector gain, energy linearity, energy resolution and minimum detectable energy are studied at different operation temperatures. Detector energy resolution and lowest detectable X-ray e...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2004
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10316/4458 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/4458 |
| Summary: | Performance characteristics of the response of a Peltier-cooled large-area avalanche photodiode are investigated. Detector gain, energy linearity, energy resolution and minimum detectable energy are studied at different operation temperatures. Detector energy resolution and lowest detectable X-ray energy present a strong improvement as the operation temperature is reduced from 25 to 15 °C and slower improvements are achieved for temperatures below 10 °C. |
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