2009
DOI: 10.1109/tns.2008.2005110
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A Comparative Study of Silicon Drift Detectors With Photomultipliers, Avalanche Photodiodes and PIN Photodiodes in Gamma Spectrometry With LaBr$_{3}$ Crystals

Abstract: The performance of a silicon drift detector (SDD) with an integrated FET, delivered by the company PNSensor, Munich, Germany, was studied in gamma spectrometry at room temperature (23-25 C) with a LaBr 3 :Ce crystal of 6 mm diameter and 6 mm height. The SDD characteristics were compared with those measured with a Photonis XP5212 photomultiplier, a Large Area Avalanche Photodiode (LAAPD) of Advanced Photonix, Inc., and a Hamamatsu S3590-18 Photodiode (PD). Energy resolution versus gamma ray energies and its com… Show more

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“…[10]. This is evidenced in Table II which compares experimental data obtained with the SDD-LaBr3 and with corresponding LaBr3-PMT combinations.…”
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confidence: 78%
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“…[10]. This is evidenced in Table II which compares experimental data obtained with the SDD-LaBr3 and with corresponding LaBr3-PMT combinations.…”
Section: - --------mentioning
confidence: 78%
“…The full potential of the SDD-LaBr3 crystal system was however not reached [10]. The continuous curves in the graph of the energy resolution versus energy in Fig.…”
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confidence: 96%
“…This is apparently correlated with the optical coupling, i.e., with the accuracy of the crystal mounting and the optical contact. An estimate of the effective quantum efficiency according to (3) with the absolute light output taken from Table I results in a value of about 55% for the best coupling [14], [19].…”
Section: B Signal Shaping Ballistic Deficit and Energy Resolutionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The reduced noise contribution of the SDD obviously over-compensates the worse photoelectron statistics due to incomplete charge collection. A detailed analysis is given in [14], [19].…”
Section: B Signal Shaping Ballistic Deficit and Energy Resolutionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This feature allows reaching a low electronics noise, making it an ideal device for X-ray spectroscopy applications [2], but also a competitive device for scintillator readout representing a valid alternative to conventional photomultiplier tube (PMT) [3][4][5][6][7]. SDDs show high quantum efficiency and a low intrinsic electronics noise.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%