CN Series N-Type Germanium Detectors - Old High Technology Devices

Friday, February 8, 2008

CN Series N-Type Germanium Detectors

Certain applications require detectors with a wide energy range response in order to detect low energy gamma or X-rays as well as high energy gammas. The CN Series offers an effective energy range response of 3 keV to above 10 MeV. This compares to the CP Series energy response of 40 keV to 10 MeV. This improvement in response is made possible due to an aluminum end-cap with a beryllium entrance window on a detector constructed from N-type germanium material. An added bonus for these detectors is neutron damage resistance inherent to N-type germanium crystals.

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