Si/CdTe Compton Camera

Press Release (2012 March 29)


Review

  • High Resolution CdTe detectors and Applications to Gamma-ray Imaging
  • (IEEE, Nucl. Sci. Symposium, Valencia, 2011) View Graph
  • High Energy and Position Resolution CdTe Diode Double-Sided Strip Detectors
  • (IEEE, Nucl. Sci. Symposium, Valencia, 2011) View Graph
  • in-vivo multi-probe tracker based on astrophysical gamma-ray detector technology
  • (IEEE, Nucl. Sci. Symposium, Valencia, 2011) View Graph
  • Recent Advances on CdTe/CdZnTe detectors
  • (International Conference on New Developments In Photodetection,NDIP08, 2008) View Graph
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Fig. 1
Schematic drawing of the Si/CdTe Compton camera.

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Fig 2
Si/CdTe Semiconductor Compton Camera BBM (2007)


Papers

2011

  • High-Resolution CdTe Detectors and Application to Gamma-Ray Imaging
  • ( T. Takahashi, S. Watanabe, S. Ishikawa, S. Takeda, G. Sato, Biological and Medical Sensor Technologies, Ed. K. Iniewski, CRC Press, 2011 )
  • High-resolution Compton cameras based on Si/CdTe double-sided strip detectors
  • ( Hirokazu Odaka, Yuto Ichinohe, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Taro Fukuyama, Koichi Hagino, Shinya Saito, Tamotsu Sato, Goro Sato, Shin Watanabe, Motohide Kokubun, Tadayuki Takahashi, Mitsutaka Yamaguch, Takaaki Tanaka, Hiroyasu Tajima, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yasushi Fukazawa, Nucl. Instr. and Method, A in press. (2011) )

2010

  • High-Resolution CdTe Detectors and Application to Gamma-Ray Imaging
  • ( T. Takahashi, S. Watanabe, S. Ishikawa, Semiconductor Radiation Detection System, Ed. K. Iniewski, CRC Press, pp.171-192, 2010 )
  • Polarimetric performance of Si/CdTe semiconductor Compton camera
  • ( S. Takeda, H. Odaka, J. Katuta, S,-N, Ishiawa, S.-I, Sugimoto, Y. Koseki, S. Watanabe, G. Sato, M. Kokubun, T. Takahashi, K. Nakazawa, Y. Fukazawa, H. Tajima, H. Toyokawa, NIM A, 622, pp. 619-627, (2010) )

2008

  • Experimental results of the gamma-ray imaging capability with a Si/CdTe semiconductor Compton camera,"
  • ( S. Takeda, H. Aono, S. Okuyama, S. Ishikawa, H. Odaka, S. Watanabe, M. Kokubun, T. Takahashi, K. Nakazawa, H. Tajima, N. Kawachi IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 56, 3, PP. 783 - 790 [PDF 3.9 MB] )

2007

  • New CdTe pixel gamma-ray detector with pixelated Al schottky anodes
  • ( Watanabe, S., Ishikawa, S., Takeda, S., Odaka, H., Tanaka, T., Takahashi, T., Nakazawa, K., Yamazato, M., Higa, A., Kaneku, S. JJAP, 46, pp. 6043-6045, 2007 )
  • Development of Double-Sided Silicon Strip Detectors (DSSD) for a Compton Telescope
  • ( S. Takeda, S. Watanabe, T. Tanaka, K. Nakazawa, T. Takahashi, Y. Fukazawa, H. Yasuda, H. Tajima, Y. Kuroda, M. Onishi, K. Genba, NIM A, 579, pp. 859-865,2007 )
  • Development of Semiconductor Imaging Detectors for a Si/CdTe Compton Camera
  • ( S. Watanabe, S. Takeda, S.N. Ishikawa, H. Odaka, M. Ushio, T. Tanaka, K. Nakazawa, T. Takahashi, H. Tajima, Y. Fukazawa, Y. Kuroda, M. Onishi NIM A, 579, pp. 871-877,2007 )
  • Performance Study of Si/CdTe Semiconductor Compton Telescopes With Monte Carlo Simulation
  • ( H. Odaka, S. Takeda, S. Watanabe, S.N. Ishikawa, M. Ushio, T. Tanaka, K. Nakazawa, T. Takahashi , H. Tajima, Y. Fukazawa,. NIM A, 579, pp. 878-885,2007 )

2006

  • A Si/CdTe Compton Camera for gamma-ray lens experiment
  • ( Tadayuki Takahash, Experimental Astronomy, Volume 20, pp. 317-331, 2006) [PDF 1.4 MB]
  • Recent results from a Si/CdTe semiconductor Compton telescope
  • ( Takaaki Tanaka, Shin Watanabe, Shinichiro Takeda, Kousuke Oonuki, Takefumi Mitani, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Takeshi Takashima, Tadayuki Takahashi, Hiroyasu Tajima, Naoyuki Sawamoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Masaharu Nomachi, NIM A, NIM A, 568, pp. 375-381, 2005)
  • Development of CdTe Pixel Detectors for Compton Cameras
  • ( Shin Watanabe , Takaaki Tanaka , Kousuke Oonuki , Takefumi Mitani , Shin'ichiro Takeda , Tetsuichi Kishishita , Kazuhiro Nakazawa , Tadayuki Takahashi , Yoshikatsu Kuroda, Mitsunobu Onishi, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A, 567, pp. 150-153, 2006 )
  • Recent results from a Si/CdTe semiconductor Compton telescope
  • ( Takaaki Tanaka, Shin Watanabe, Shinichiro Takeda, Kousuke Oonuki, Takefumi Mitani, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Takeshi Takashima, Tadayuki Takahashi, Hiroyasu Tajima, Naoyuki Sawamoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Masaharu Nomachi, NIM A, vol.568 p.375-381, 2006 )
  • Development of CdTe Pixel Detectors for Compton Cameras
  • ( Shin Watanabe, Takaaki Tanaka, Kousuke Oonuki, Takefumi Mitani, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Tetsuichi Kishishita, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Tadayuki Takahashi, Yoshikatsu Kuroda, Mitsunobu Onishi, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A, 567, pp.150-153、2006 )

2005

  • Results of a Si/CdTe Compton telescope,
  • (Kousuke Oonuki, Takaaki Tanaka, Shin Watanabe, Shin'ichiro Takeda, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Takefumi Mitani, Tadayuki Takahashi, Hiroyasu Tajima, Yasushi Fukazawa, Masaharu Nomachi, HIGH-ENERGY DETECTORS IN ASTRONOMY, SPIE, vol. 5922, pp. 78-88, 2005 [PDF 1.8 MB] )
  • A Si/CdTe Semiconductor Compton Camera
  • (Shin Watanabe, Takaaki Tanaka, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Takefumi Mitani, Kousuke Oonuki, Tadayuki Takahashi, Takeshi Takashima, Hiroyasu Tajima, Yasushi Fukazawa, Masaharu Nomachi, Shin Kubo, Mitsunobu Onishi, Yoshikatsu Kuroda, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., pp.2045-2051, 2005. [PDF 3.1 MB] )

2004

  • Application of CdTe for the NeXT Mission
  • (Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Shin Watanabe, Goro Sato, Takefumi Mitani, Takaaki Tanaka, Kousuke Oonuki, Ken'ichi Tamura, Hiroyasu Tajima, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Greg Madejski, Masaharu Nomachi, Yasushi Fukazawa, Kazuo Makishima, Motohide Kokubun, Yukikatsu Terada, Jun Kataoka, Makoto Tashiro, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A, in press, 2004 [PDF 2.3 MB] )
  • Development of a Si/CdTe semiconductor Compton telescope
  • (Takaaki Tanaka,Takefumi Mitani,Shin Watanabe,Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Kousuke Oonuki, Goro Sato, Tadayuki Takahashi, Ken'ichi Tamura, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hidehito Nakamura, Masaharu Nomachi, Tatsuya Nakamoto, Yasushi Fukazawa Proc. SPIE, vol. 5501, 229-240, 2004 [PDF 1.5 MB] )
  • Wide band X-ray Imager (WXI) and Soft Gamma-ray Detector (SGD) for the NeXT Mission
  • (T. Takahashi, A. Awaki, T. Dotani, Y. Fukazawa, K. Hayashida, T. Kamae, J. Kataoka, N. Kawai, S. Kitamoto, T. Kohmura, M. Kokubun, K. Koyama, K. Makishima, H. Matsumoto, E. Miyata, T. Murakami, K. Nakazawa, M. Nomachi, M. Ozaki, H. Tajima, M. Tashiro, T. Tamagawa, Y. Terada, H. Tsunemi, T.Tsuru, K. Yamaoka, D. Yonetoku, and A.Yoshida, Proc. SPIE, 5488, in press, 2004 [PDF 0.70 MB] )
  • A Prototype Si/CdTe Compton Camera and the Polarization Measurement
  • (Takefumi Mitani,Takaaki Tanaka, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Tadayuki Takahashi, Takeshi Takashima, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hidehito Nakamura, Masaharu Nomachi, Tatsuya Nakamoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., pp.2432-2437, 2004)[PDF (0.3 MB)]
  • Hard X-ray and Gamma-Ray Detectors for the NEXT mission (Si/CdTe Compton Camera)
  • (Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuo Makishima, Yasushi Fukazawa, Motohide Kokubun, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Masaharu Nomachi, Hiroyasu Tajima, Makoto Tashiro, Yukikatsu Terada, New Astronomy Reviews, 48, pp. 309-313, 2004 [PDF 0.52 MB] )

2002

  • High resolution CdTe detectors for the next generation multi-Compton gamma-ray telescope(CdTe-based Compton Camera)
  • ( Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Hiroyasu Tajima, Yasushi Fukazawa, Masaharu Nomachi, and Motohide Kokubun, SPIE vol 4851, pp. 1228-1235, 2003)[PDF (1.4 MB)]

2001

  • Future Hard X-ray and Gamma-ray Observations　(Narrow FOV Compton Camera)
  • ( T. Takahashi, K. Makishima, T. Kamae, in New Century of X-ray Astronomy, Astronomical Society of Pacific, volume 251, 210-213, 2001 [PDF (0.9 MB)]