TUNNEL JUNCTION ARRAYS ON INSB - A HIGH-RESOLUTION CRYOGENIC DETECTORFOR X-RAYS AND GAMMA-RAYS

Authors
GOLDIE DJ SWIFT AM BOOTH NE SALMON GL
Citation
Dj. Goldie et al., TUNNEL JUNCTION ARRAYS ON INSB - A HIGH-RESOLUTION CRYOGENIC DETECTORFOR X-RAYS AND GAMMA-RAYS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 344(3), 1994, pp. 592-596
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
344
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
592 - 596
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1994)344:3<592:TJAOI->2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We have measured the response of a series array of superconducting tun nel junctions to the non-equilibrium phonons generated in single cryst als of InSb by nuclear particle interactions at a temperature of 100 m K The results demonstrate an energy resolution below 210 +/- 60 eV (FW HM) for photons of energy 22.1 keV after subtracting the electronic no ise. The detector response has high linearity for the detection of pho tons with energies in the range 3 to 662 keV.