When the topic is radiation detection, thoughts turn naturally to the venerable Geiger-Müller tube. It’s been around for ages, Russian surplus tubes are available for next to nothing, and it&… ...

Semiconductor pixel detectors are an important class of radiation and particle detection devices based on semiconductors, such as germanium or silicon (Si). A semiconductor diode is depleted by ...

Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Engineering have developed new technology for uranium enrichment measurement and trace element detection, vital for nuclear nonproliferation ...

Scientist Sandy Perle added that the unit contains the same silicon-diode radiation detector that's used in the safety systems in 90 percent of the world's power stations.

Opto Diode (www.optodiode.com), a division of ITW, and a member of the ITW Photonics Group, offers semiconductor radiation sensors for detecting photons and other particles. With the recent ...

The new 20-element AXUV20ELG features a 22-pin, dual in-line package with 100 percent internal quantum efficiency (QE). Bolometry, the measurement of minute amounts of radiant energy, is a key ...

The nanoscale radiation detector is a hundred times faster than its predecessors, and can function without interruption.