The Semiconductor Detector Laboratory at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Semiconductor detectors of various types offer field-leading performance in a number of key detection and imaging parameters, including energy and spatial resolution. They have found widespread use in both fundamental and applied physics, while continuous technological improvement provides new opportunities. The Semiconductor Detector Laboratory (SDL), a part of the Applied Nuclear Physics Program (ANP) in the Nuclear Science Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), is a unique research and development center responsible for numerous historically important inventions and innovations in the fields of radiation detection and nuclear instrumentation, specifically high purity germanium (HPGe), silicon, CdZnTe detectors, and associated readout systems. In this talk, I present an overview of the current status, technical capabilities, and future potential of the SDL, as well as detailing several projects. These include the fabrication of HPGe double-sided strip detectors, Si(Li) detectors, neutron transmutation doped (NTD) Ge thermistors for instrumenting bolometers, as well as cutting-edge R&D efforts.