Semicoductor Detectors

Lecturer:

Bruno Sopko (gar.)

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Solid State Engineering

Synopsis:

The lecture contents survey of detection X - rays, sensors and systems of detectors.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Interaction of radiation and atoms. Elastic and nonelastic collision. 2. Radiation detectors. 3. Gases, liquid and solid state detectors. 4. Detection of dose. Detection of fluence. 5. Telescopes and hodoscopes. 6. Detectors for subnuclear physics and medicine. 7. Photodetectors. 8. Photon interaction with solid state material. 9. Photoconductivity semiconductor detector and PN - junction detector. 10. Photodiodes,phototransistors. Detectors for IR and UV band.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Knowledge: ^^Knowledge of operation principles of semocinductor detectors. ^^Skills: ^^Ability of semiconductor detector design for practical applications.

Study materials:

Key references: ^^[1]. G.Lutz: Semiconductor radiation detectors, Springer 2000. ^^Recommended references: ^^[2]. H. Spieler: Semiconductor Detector Systems, Oxford University Press, 2005.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: