Analysis of an industrial electro-dynamic gradient process for Czt growth

Lisa Lun, Andrew Yeckel, Prodromos Daoutidis, Csaba Szeles, Michael Reed, and Jeffrey J. Derby Cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) is a promising material for application to a new generation of portable, sensitive, room-temperature gamma-ray detection devices. However, the growth of this material is plagued by a host of problems that have thus far been difficult to address via experimentation alone. Experiments coupled with numerical models promise to advance growth technology and understanding at a much more rapid pace.