High Temperature Superconductor Radiation Detector

这是SBIR第一阶段的奖项，用于研究使用高温超导体构建粒子探测器。这种新材料将被用来制造超导隧道结装置，预计在一个相对适度的商业封闭循环冰箱可以达到的温度下工作。目前已经研制出具有极好的能量辨别能力的核辐射探测器，但它们必须在绝对零度上下1度左右的范围内工作。如果成功，这种传感器将代表辐射传感器艺术的重大进步。它将立即应用于目前受传感器性能限制的许多关键领域。

This is an SBIR Phase I award for investigation of the construction of a particle detector using a high temperature superconductor. The new material will be utilized to fabricate a superconducting tunnel junction device, anticipated to operate at temperatures attainable by a relatively modest commercial closed cycle refrigerator. At the present, nuclear radiation detectors with extremely good energy discrimination have been developed, but they must be operated within about 1 degree of absolute zero. If successful, this sensor would represent a major advancement in the art of radiation sensors. It would find immediate use in many critical fields presently limited by sensor performance.