Because of the affordability and seeming ubiquity of the Arduino platform, they have been hard at work this last month trying to get their Geiger counter sensor board for an Arduino out the door.

When the topic is radiation detection, thoughts turn naturally to the venerable Geiger-Müller tube. It’s been around for ages, Russian surplus tubes are available for next to nothing, and it&… ...

Opto Diode introduces the 20 mm2 photodiode with a circular active area that is ideal for electron detection.

These new space saving wavelength-selective radiation detection diodes can now be achieved space saving and follow the trend towards miniaturization while simplifying assembly. Jenoptik provides ...

The new 20-element AXUV20ELG features a 22-pin, dual in-line package with 100 percent internal quantum efficiency (QE). Bolometry, the measurement of minute amounts of radiant energy, is a key ...

New germanium-based infrared photodiodes from Aalto University show 35 % greater responsiveness at 1.55 µm, promising advancements in sensor technology.

A new quantum sensor for measuring photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) was designed using a gallium arsenide photodiode. This sensor is cheap and effectively measures radiation between 400 and ...

Date Announced: 28 May 2013 Opto Diode (www.optodiode.com), a division of ITW, and a member of the ITW Photonics Group, introduces a highly reliable, 16-element photodiode that is ideal for UV/EUV or ...