Effect and mechanism of temperature on photon counting performance of CdZnTe detectors

Li Yingrui; Wu Sen; Guo Yu; Xi Shouzhi; Fu Xu; Zha Gangqiang; Jie Wanqi

doi:10.3788/irla201948.1016001

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