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Measure Gamma Rays with a Photodiode

Radiation detector using a BPW34

Published in issue 414, June 2011

The first device that springs to mind when thinking about measuring radioactivity is the Geiger-Müller tube. However, these counter tubes are getting hard to find and expensive, and even if you do manage to get hold of one, you will still need to find a way to generate its operating voltage of several hundred volts. It is less well known that even a humble photodiode such as the BPW34 can be used to detect X-rays and gamma radiation.

Relevant websites

www.physics.montana.edu/students/thiel/docs/Detector.pdf
www.elektor.com/071072
http://pdfserv.maxim-ic.com/en/an/AN2236.pdf
http://thm.ankara.edu.tr/tac/YAZOKULU/yazokulu6/dersler/06-09-2010/erhan-emirhan-cenap-ozben-pin-photodiode.pdf

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