Polarization phenomena in TlBr detectors

A comparison of long-term stabilities of TlBr detectors with Au and Tl electrodes was performed in this study in order to reveal polarization phenomena in TlBr detectors. Au/TlBr/Au detectors exhibited polarization phenomena at room temperature observed as degradation of spectral performance and reduction of leakage current with elapsed time. Applying reverse bias voltage to the detectors recovered the detector performance temporary. No polarization phenomena were observed in Tl/TlBr/Tl detectors at room temperature. The detector exhibited stable spectral performance for 24 hours.