Semiconductor single crystals of CdxZn1-xTe (CdZnTe, CZT, Cadmium
Zinc Telluride)
Semiconductor single crystals of CdxZn1-xTe (CdZnTe, CZT, Cadmium Zinc Telluride)
are important materials for the development of far-infrared, visible light,
X-ray detectors, and gamma-ray detectors as medical imaging devices. CdZnTe
(CZT, Cadmium Zinc Telluride) radiation detectors have the advantages of a large
absorption coefficient, compact size and room temperature operation. Currently
used high purity Ge and Si detectors in industry and medical imaging can only
work efficiently at the liquid-nitrogen temperature.
There are many examples of the use of CZT (CdZnTe, Cadmium Zinc Telluride) detectors
in medical imaging and diagnostics, ranging from simple x-rays carried out in
a dentistís office to cardiac angiography, bone densitometry measurements,
and the use of nuclear medicine to pinpoint areas of activity within the brain
to help characterize conditions such as epilepsy. In addition, the medical imaging
community is interested in developing large area CdZnTe (CZT, Cadmium Zinc Telluride)
detector arrays.
Cadmium zinc telluride (CdZnTe) has become a key detector technology for hard
x-ray and gamma ray astronomy. Astronomers use CZT (CdZnTe, Cadmium Zinc Telluride)
arrays to study the origin of high-energy gamma-ray bursts. One class of astronomy
instruments will use large area single focal plane array detectors in conjunction
with a focusing optic. CZT (CdZnTe, Cadmium Zinc Telluride) is also suited for
high-resolution measurements and isotope identification in the nuclear industry
and for x-ray radiography applications.
The use of single crystal CZT (CdZnTe, Cadmium Zinc Telluride) as the gamma
ray detector material has allowed the production of very compact prototype imaging
systems. Further applications for CZT (CdZnTe, Cadmium Zinc Telluride) gamma
ray detectors include space flight gamma burst instruments , high-energy x-ray
astronomy, and international nuclear inspection and safeguarding.
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