High Purity Germanium (HPGe) Radiation Detectors

High Purity Germanium (HPGe) Radiation Detectors

Product introduction           

• Semiconductor-based radiation detectors have been around for more than half a century, and ORTEC has played a pioneering role in that time. Initial products were based on lithium-drifted germanium Ge(Li) and lithium-drifted silicon Si(Li). Ge(Li) was later replaced by more advanced high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors. ORTEC offers a comprehensive range of HPGe detector solutions covering a wide range of energies and applications.

• Germanium semiconductor radiation detectors require cryogenic cooling. To support various count geometries, ORTEC offers a variety of cooling options from standard LN2 systems to advanced electromechanical cryocoolers such as ICS™.

• ORTEC HPGe radiation detectors incorporating these technologies are used worldwide in a variety of applications including nuclear structure physics to prevent the trafficking of illicit nuclear material in the world's largest commercial port.