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Feasibility Study of Concept Designs for Photonic Radiation Detection

Baas, Larry Brandon

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2009, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Nuclear Engineering.
The objective of this research is to do a feasibility study on a photonic-based semiconductor concept design for a radiation detector. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security. It was a cooperative effort between the Nuclear Engineering Program and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Ohio State University. There are two concept device configurations considered in this study, the critical angle setup and the Fabry-Perot setup. In addition to being able to detect radiation, the device should be portable, durable and user friendly for field use. Its initial purpose is to be used to detect gamma radiation, but it is not limited to this purpose. Semiconductors have already been successfully used in highly sensitive radiation detectors (e.g. germanium detectors). The perceived advantage is that photonics can possibly be used to make a sensitive detector that can operate while at room temperature and be only slightly affected by electromagnetic interference due to its operating nature. Two semiconductor materials, silicon and cadmium telluride, were analyzed in detail, while others were considered as possibilities for later research. Following the development of an analytical model, experimental data were taken to validate the model. The experiments were performed for silicon because it is the least expensive of the candidate semiconductor materials.
Thomas Blue, PhD (Advisor)
Don Miller, PhD (Committee Member)
130 p.

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  • Baas, L. B. (2009). Feasibility Study of Concept Designs for Photonic Radiation Detection [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1245376171

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Baas, Larry. Feasibility Study of Concept Designs for Photonic Radiation Detection. 2009. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1245376171.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Baas, Larry. "Feasibility Study of Concept Designs for Photonic Radiation Detection." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1245376171

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)