Semiconductor detector

A semiconductor detector in ionizing radiation detection physics is a device that uses a semiconductor (usually silicon or germanium) to measure the effect of incident charged particles or photons.

This article is about ionizing radiation detectors. For semiconductor detectors in radio, see Detector (radio), Crystal detector, Semiconductor diodes, and Rectifier.

Semiconductor detectors find broad application for radiation protection, gamma and X-ray spectrometry, and as particle detectors.

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