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Hard X-ray Detection Using a Single nm Diameter Nanowire

Wallentin, Jesper LU ; Osterhoff, Markus ; Wilke, Robin N. ; Persson, Karl-Magnus LU ; Wernersson, Lars-Erik LU ; Sprung, Michael and Salditt, Tim (2014) In Nano Letters 14(12). p.7071-7076
Abstract
Submicron sized sensors could allow higher resolution in X-ray imaging and diffraction measurements, which are ubiquitous for materials science and medicine. We present electrical measurements of a single 100 nm diameter InP nanowire transistor exposed to hard X-rays. The X-ray induced conductance is over 5 orders of magnitude larger than expected from reported data for X-ray absorption and carrier lifetimes. Time-resolved measurements show very long characteristic lifetimes on the order of seconds, tentatively attributed to long-lived traps, which give a strong amplification effect. As a proof of concept, we use the nanowire to directly image an X-ray nanofocus with submicron resolution.
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Nanowires, X-rays, detector, III-V
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Nano Letters
volume
14
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12
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7071 - 7076
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The American Chemical Society (ACS)
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  • wos:000346322800049
  • scopus:84916624101
  • pmid:25419623
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1530-6992
DOI
10.1021/nl5040545
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English
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  author       = {{Wallentin, Jesper and Osterhoff, Markus and Wilke, Robin N. and Persson, Karl-Magnus and Wernersson, Lars-Erik and Sprung, Michael and Salditt, Tim}},
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  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{Nano Letters}},
  title        = {{Hard X-ray Detection Using a Single nm Diameter Nanowire}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl5040545}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/nl5040545}},
  volume       = {{14}},
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