Particles and Spectrometry Detection
This area is focused in the detection of particles by means of the construction of parts with transducer materials, the digitalization of signals coming from the same, and the following spectrometric analysis of the signals detected.
The experience on these subjects allows Silab to participate in multiple collaborative projects with Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Brookhaven National Laboratory, both in United States, and with the European Center of Nuclear Research, CERN in Switzerland.
At a national stage, there are diverse projects in development contemplating the application of nuclear technology in the industry, in particular for copper mining.
This area counts with the following equipment:
- DSO (Digital Storage Oscilloscope) with especial mathematical functions integrated for spectrometry, bandwidth of 1GHz and 4 channels.
- SourceMeter, source of high voltage power which enables the measurement of current given with pA resolution. Specialized for the polarization of PMTs and SiPM and the evaluation of resistive networks aimed to that.
- Mini- cluster destined for the storage and analysis of data obtained.
- Photographic system of high resolution oriented to the detection of failures in photomultipliers.
- Digitizer and data acquisition equipment of multiple channels oriented to High Energy Physics.
- Sources of high voltage power for the polarization of PMTs.
- Military standard portable spectrometer/dosimeter for the identification and localization of radioactive sources.
- Gamma Ray spectrometer of high resolution, equipped with Saint-Gobain Brilliance scintillator, the best of its kind on the market.