Explore: Thin Film Detectors

X-ray detectors are devices used to measure the flux, spatial distribution, spectrum, and/or other properties of X-rays. Detectors can be divided into

A thin-film transistor (TFT) is a special type of field-effect transistor (FET) where the transistor is made by thin film deposition. TFTs are grown on

Thin-film interference is a natural phenomenon in which light waves reflected by the upper and lower boundaries of a thin film interfere with one another

through the subject being imaged and strike one of two types of detectors. Indirect detectors contain a layer of scintillator material, typically either gadolinium

The coherer was a very poor detector, motivating much research to find better detectors. It worked by complicated thin film surface effects, so scientists

of a microwave resonator, and hence these detectors are also known as microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs). The superconducting transition alone

interpretation. In STEM, bright-field detectors are located in the path of the transmitted electron beam. Axial bright-field detectors are located in the centre of

and very low timing jitter, compared to other types of single-photon detectors. SNSPDs are covered by International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)

when holding them. Also, light weight detectors can easily be placed on top of robots. Portable explosive detectors need to be as small as possible to allow

of the raster. Such detectors may typically consist of a scintillator connected to photomultiplier tube. Segmented STEM detectors, first introduced in