The Semiconductor Detector Laboratory (SDL) is run by staff in NSD’s Applied Nuclear Physics Program and the Engineering Division. The facility and its staff have all the equipment and expertise necessary to develop and manufacture unique detectors and detection systems based on Si, HPGe, and CdZnTe. The SDL and its staff have a long history of accomplishments in the development and production of radiation detectors and the support of LBNL’s scientific mission. 

CCD

Fabrication capabilities include:

• Sputtering
• Thermal evaporation
• Lithium deposition and drifting
• Ion implantation
• Molecular beam epitaxy
• Photolithography
• Full-range chemical processing. 
• Mechanical processing: 
  • Cutting
  • Polishing
  • Ultrasonic machining
  • Dicing

Si(Li) Double-Sided Strip Detector

Activities and research interests include: 

• HPGe double-sided strip detectors for cosmological imaging and ultra-high-rate gamma ray detection. 
• Si(Li) detectors for nuclear physics and medical imaging. 
• NTD Ge thermistor R&D and production for bolometers/microcalorimeters. 
• ASIC electronics for detector readout.
• Novel segmented detectors, including CCDs and HPGe SPADs. 
• Silicon detectors with ultra-thin entry windows
• Novel semiconductor-on-chip devices, e.g. Perovskites, Aluminum Gadolinium Nitride.