Introduction to Radiation Detectors and Electronics

January 19, I. Introduction (9.2KB)

1. Why?
2. Some Applications
   a. Faint-Light Imaging in Astronomy (122K)
   b. Medical Imaging - Positron Emission Tomography (2012K)
   c. X-Ray Fluorescence (119K)
   d. Vertex Detection in High Energy Physics (268K)
   e. Failure Analysis in Integrated Circuits (5578K)

January 21, II. Functional Components of a Detector System (157KB)

.................. III. Energy Deposition and Spectrum Formation - 1 (255KB)

January 26, III. Energy Deposition and Spectrum Formation - 2 (131KB)

.................. IV. Scintillation Detectors - 1 (Scintillators) (310KB)

January 28, IV. Scintillation Detectors - 2 (Phototubes) (195KB)

February 2, IV. Scintillation Detectors - 3 (Light Guides and Operational Aspects) (180KB)

V. Semiconductor Detectors I

February 4, V.1. Principles (454KB)

February 9, V.2. Signal Acquisition (72KB)

February 11, V.3. Resolution and Signal-to-Noise Ratio, Part 1 (96KB)

February 16, V.3. Resolution and Signal-to-Noise Ratio, Part 2 (120KB)

February 23, V.3. Resolution and Signal-to-Noise Ratio, Part 3 (136KB)

February 25, V.3. Resolution and Signal-to-Noise Ratio, Part 4 (167KB)

March 02, V.4. Semiconductor Detectors - Summary (35KB)

................ VI. Timing Measurements (213KB)

March 04, VI. Timing Measurements, continued

................ V.5. Semiconductor Detectors - Examples (mistakenly skipped on March 2) (283KB)

March 09, VII. Position-Sensitive Detectors (356KB)

March 11, VII. Position-Sensitive Detectors, continued

March 16, VIII. Digitization of Pulse Height and Time (105KB)

IX. Semiconductor Detectors II

March 18, IX.1. The Signal - The Fano Factor and Ramo's Theorem (770KB)

March 30, IX.2. A Semiconductor Device Primer - Doping and Diodes I (137KB)

April 1, IX.2. A Semiconductor Device Primer - Doping and Diodes II (136KB)

April 6, IX.2. A Semiconductor Device Primer - Doping and Diodes III (235KB)

April 8, IX.2. A Semiconductor Device Primer - Fabrication of Semiconductor Devices (144KB)

April 13, IX.3. A Semiconductor Device Primer - Bipolar Transistors (187KB)

April 15, IX.4. A Semiconductor Device Primer - Field Effect Transistors (402KB)

April 20, IX.5. Noise in Transistors (169KB)

April 22, X. Rate of Noise Pulses in Threshold Discriminator Systems (33KB)

.............. XI. Photodiodes (138KB)

April 27, XII. Gaseous Detectors (1093KB)

April 29, XII. Gaseous Detectors, continued

.............. XIII. Cryogenic Detectors (225KB)

May 4, XIII. Cryogenic Detectors, continued

........... XIV. Why Things Don't Work (398KB)

May 4, XIV. Why Things Don't Work, continued

........... XV. Detectors and Electronics - Summary (10KB)