%0 Journal Article %1 Antich1997491 %A Antich, P.P. %A Tsyganov, E.N. %A Malakhov, N.A. %A Sadygov, Z.Y. %D 1997 %J Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment %K APD %N 3 %P 491 - 498 %R 10.1016/S0168-9002(97)00314-8 %T Avalanche photo diode with local negative feedback sensitive to UV, blue and green light %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900297003148 %V 389 %X A new type of avalanche photo diode with negative feedback based on a Metal-Resistor-Semiconductor (MRS) structure and sensitive to UV, blue and green light was tested using a 137Cs β-source with electrons impinging a front surface of the detector, and also with 90Sr β-source illuminating a 1 mm diameter scintillating fiber. \MRS\ detectors of this type are built on low resistivity n-silicon. The sensitivity of the detector is calibrated using the ionization loss of 137Cs β-electrons. We conclude that these detectors have characteristics well suited to medical imaging applications, in particular wavelength dependence, quantum efficiency and sensitivity, and intrinsic multiplication.

@article{Antich1997491, abstract = {A new type of avalanche photo diode with negative feedback based on a Metal-Resistor-Semiconductor (MRS) structure and sensitive to UV, blue and green light was tested using a 137Cs β-source with electrons impinging a front surface of the detector, and also with 90Sr β-source illuminating a 1 mm diameter scintillating fiber. \{MRS\} detectors of this type are built on low resistivity n-silicon. The sensitivity of the detector is calibrated using the ionization loss of 137Cs β-electrons. We conclude that these detectors have characteristics well suited to medical imaging applications, in particular wavelength dependence, quantum efficiency and sensitivity, and intrinsic multiplication. }, added-at = {2014-01-09T14:04:43.000+0100}, author = {Antich, P.P. and Tsyganov, E.N. and Malakhov, N.A. and Sadygov, Z.Y.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2432f809093ca1ec6120948ca1c21405a/watz}, doi = {10.1016/S0168-9002(97)00314-8}, interhash = {70532d78ac31330d2f297cb677f81d66}, intrahash = {432f809093ca1ec6120948ca1c21405a}, issn = {0168-9002}, journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment }, keywords = {APD}, number = 3, pages = {491 - 498}, timestamp = {2014-01-09T14:04:43.000+0100}, title = {Avalanche photo diode with local negative feedback sensitive to UV, blue and green light }, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900297003148}, volume = 389, year = 1997 }