Infrared LED Enhanced Spectroscopic CdZnTe Detector Working under High Fluxes of X-rays
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Institute of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, Prague 12116, Czech Republic
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Crytur Ltd., Palackého 175, Turnov 51101, Czech Republic
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National Radiation Protection Institute, Bartoškova 28, Prague 14000, Czech Republic
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Sensors 2016, 16(10), 1591; https://doi.org/10.3390/s16101591
Received: 18 July 2016 / Revised: 2 September 2016 / Accepted: 6 September 2016 / Published: 27 September 2016
(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
This paper describes an application of infrared light-induced de-polarization applied on a polarized CdZnTe detector working under high radiation fluxes. We newly demonstrate the influence of a high flux of X-rays and simultaneous 1200-nm LED illumination on the spectroscopic properties of a CdZnTe detector. CdZnTe detectors operating under high radiation fluxes usually suffer from the polarization effect, which occurs due to a screening of the internal electric field by a positive space charge caused by photogenerated holes trapped at a deep level. Polarization results in the degradation of detector charge collection efficiency. We studied the spectroscopic behavior of CdZnTe under various X-ray fluxes ranging between and photons per mm per second. It was observed that polarization occurs at an X-ray flux higher than mm ·s . Using simultaneous illumination of the detector by a de-polarizing LED at 1200 nm, it was possible to recover X-ray spectra originally deformed by the polarization effect.
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Keywords:
CdZnTe; X-ray detector; high flux; polarization; de-polarization; Pockels effect
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Pekárek, J.; Dědič, V.; Franc, J.; Belas, E.; Rejhon, M.; Moravec, P.; Touš, J.; Voltr, J. Infrared LED Enhanced Spectroscopic CdZnTe Detector Working under High Fluxes of X-rays. Sensors 2016, 16, 1591. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16101591
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Pekárek J, Dědič V, Franc J, Belas E, Rejhon M, Moravec P, Touš J, Voltr J. Infrared LED Enhanced Spectroscopic CdZnTe Detector Working under High Fluxes of X-rays. Sensors. 2016; 16(10):1591. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16101591
Chicago/Turabian StylePekárek, Jakub; Dědič, Václav; Franc, Jan; Belas, Eduard; Rejhon, Martin; Moravec, Pavel; Touš, Jan; Voltr, Josef. 2016. "Infrared LED Enhanced Spectroscopic CdZnTe Detector Working under High Fluxes of X-rays" Sensors 16, no. 10: 1591. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16101591
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