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Simulated and Associated Experimental Results of CdZnTe Radiation Detector Response for Gamma-Ray Imaging Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

L. Verger ,
J. P. Bonnefoy ,
A. Gliere ,
P. Ouvrier-Buffet  and
M. Rosaz
L. Verger
Affiliation:
LETI - CEA - Technologies Avancées 17, rue des Martyrs F 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9 France
J. P. Bonnefoy
Affiliation:
LETI - CEA - Technologies Avancées 17, rue des Martyrs F 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9 France
A. Gliere
Affiliation:
LETI - CEA - Technologies Avancées 17, rue des Martyrs F 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9 France
P. Ouvrier-Buffet
Affiliation:
LETI - CEA - Technologies Avancées 17, rue des Martyrs F 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9 France
M. Rosaz
Affiliation:
LETI - CEA - Technologies Avancées 17, rue des Martyrs F 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9 France
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Abstract

Simulated and associated experimental results of a high efficiency CdZnTe (CZT) radiation detector response for gamma-ray imaging applications are presented. The model of a high efficiency semiconductor gamma ray detector takes into account several different physical phenomena involved in the detection and correction processes, namely the geometry of the irradiation, the gamma-ray's interaction with the crystal, the physics of the semiconductor's charge collection, the electric field distribution and the pulse height correction method. A few important decoupling assumptions allow us to use a one dimensional charge collection simulation with a two-dimensional field model and a full three dimensional Monte-Carlo calculation of the gamma ray interactions. The model allows calculation of charge collection and gamma ray spectra for non uniform electric field distribution in either planar, striped or pixellated detector.

The model takes also into account the new CZT fast pulse correction method and its associated noise by considering the pulse height and the rise time of electron signals (Bi-Parametric spectrum) for all gamma ray interactions. Specific simulated and experimental spectra at 122 keV are presented for CZT. First, basic spectral changes are calculated for variations in crystal and detector properties like mobility, trapping lifetime and electric field profiles

Second, new experimental results of the fast pulse correction method applied to different CZT detector grades are presented. This method allows to achieve a high detection efficiency (> 80 %) with a good energy resolution (< 6 % FWHM) at 122 keV for a 4×4×6 mm3 CZT detector. No specific contact geometry is needed and the unusual low applied bias voltage allows to limit the ageing and break voltage effects and also the dark current and its associated noise. This fast correction method is expected to be useful for medical imaging and other applications.

Finally, simulated Bi-Parametric (BP) spectra expected with the fast pulse correction method according to the detector properties (electric field profiles, electron lifetime) are simulated and a qualitative comparison is provided.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 487: Symposium I – Semiconductors for Room-Temperature Radiation II , 1997 , 171
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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