Advanced Detector Group
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Welcome!
Welcome to the home page for the Cryogenic Detector Development projects
at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
(managed by the
University of California
for the Department of Energy ).
Our program focus is in research and development of low temperature photon and particle detectors for high resolution X-ray and gamma-ray spectroscopy, high-sensitivity UV and optical photon counting, and measurements of particles ranging from highly-charged ions to massive macromolecules. We develop, test, and characterize advanced detectors based on superconducting tunnel junctions (STJ) and supeconducting transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeters.
Our work supports the national security mission of Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory in the area of nonproliferation and international
security, and also the space science mission of NASA.
Read the feature story about our research in LLNL's Science & Technology Review!
UCRL-MI-141695