Open silkenelson opened 2 years ago
At higher energies, the conversion probability for photons becomes <1 and thus a function of the thickness of detector material traversed.
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Average-absorption-length-in-silicon-as-a-function-of-the-X-ray-energy-31_fig21_231004942
I estimate that the absorption length for silicon for a 9.,5-10 keV photon is about 100 micron and for a 16 keV photon about 700.
At higher energies, the conversion probability for photons becomes <1 and thus a function of the thickness of detector material traversed.