The coordinate detector on semiconductors — Gintos — was tested at Tomsk State University (TSU) and the Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) SB RAS. This was reported by the university's press service.
The synchrotron process detector will be installed at the "Siberian Ring Photon Source" (SKIF) research station.
Radio physicists at TSU have developed sensors based on chromium-compensated gallium arsenide. These sensors will produce shooting at a speed of up to 10 million frames per second. The electronics were developed by specialists from INP SB RAS.
The device will allow studying the reaction of materials to mechanical and pulsed thermal loads. This will make it possible to understand the processes occurring during the operation of thermonuclear reactors.
Semiconductor sensors convert a photon signal into an electrical signal, and electronics record this signal and transmit the image to a computer. The number of frames is very large, so the result of the shooting is not individual images, but a film.
Gallium arsenide compensated with chromium was chosen as the basic material for creating sensors. It has increased resistance to radiation and sensitivity to X-ray radiation.
Sensors based on gallium arsenide allow working with very high quantum energy, which makes it possible to scan more massive objects. Gintos is the first step towards expanding the range of instrumental base, which will allow solving a wider range of research tasks.
Earlier www1.ru reported that a stand for studying the destruction of materials in thermonuclear reactors was developed in Novosibirsk.
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