The electrical properties and defect levels of Al doped CdZnTe crystal for detector applications

Ruihua Nan, Wanqi Jie, Gangqiang Zha, Weihua Liu, Yadong Xu, Li Fu, Tao Wang

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Abstract

CdZnTe (CZT) is one of the most promising materials for room-temperature X-ray and Gamma-ray detectors. The electrical properties of CZT crystal decide the performance of CZT detector to a large degree. For high quality CZT crystal using as detector, both high resistivity and high carrier transport properties are necessary. In this paper, the electrical properties and defect levels of Al-doped CZT (CZT:Al) crystal were discussed. Utilizing the thermally stimulated current (TSC) spectroscope measurement, the defect levels in CZT:Al crystal and their level-model were determined and inferred. The carrier transport properties of the CZT:Al were charactered with the carrier mobility-lifetime (μτ) products determined by the peak channel of 241 Am alpha particle 5.48 MeV spectrum as a function of the bias voltage. Fitted by the single carrier Hecht equation, the μτ for the electron was evaluated to be 4.6×10-4cm2·V-1.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2009 - Terahertz and High Energy Radiation Detection Technologies and Applications
Pages73850U
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
EventInternational Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2009: Terahertz and High Energy Radiation Detection Technologies and Applications - Beijing, China
Duration: 17 Jun 200919 Jun 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume7385
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

ConferenceInternational Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2009: Terahertz and High Energy Radiation Detection Technologies and Applications
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period17/06/0919/06/09

Keywords

  • Carrier transport property
  • CdZnTe
  • Defect level
  • Electrical property

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