Semiconductor Radiation Detectors

Device Physics
1. Auflage 1999. 2. printing 2007
ISBN: 978-3-540-71678-5
Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH

Buch, Englisch, 353 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 1140 g

Starting from basic principles, the author, whose own contributions to these developments have been significant, describes the rapidly growing field of modern semiconductor detectors used for energy and position measurement radiation. This development was stimulated by requirements in elementary particle physics where it has led to important scientific discoveries. It has now spread to many other fields of science and technology. The book is written in a didactic way and includes an introduction to semiconductor physics. The working principles of semiconductor radiation detectors are explained in an intuitive way, followed by formal quantitative analysis. Broad coverage is also given to electronic signal readout and to the subject of radiation damage. The book is the first to comprehensively cover the semiconductor radiation detectors currently in use. It is useful as a teaching guide and as a reference work for research and applications.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lutz, Gerhard

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Hochenergiephysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Atomenergietechnik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Radioaktivität
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Teilchenphysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Halb- und Supraleitertechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Kernphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Semiconductor Physics.- Semiconductors.- Basic Semiconductor Structures.- Semiconductor Detectors.- Semiconductors as Detectors.- Detectors for Energy and Radiation-Level Measurement.- Detectors for Position and Energy Measurement.- The Electronics of the Readout Function.- The Integration of Detectors and Their Electronics.- Detectors with Intrinsic Amplification.- Detector Technology.- Device Stability and Radiation Hardness.- Device Simulation.