silicon surface barrier detector

silicon surface barrier detector

[′sil·ə·kən ¦sər·fəs ¦bar·ē·ər di‚tek·tər] (nucleonics) A type of junction detector made from a wafer of n-type silicon which is subjected to etching and surface treatments to create a thin layer of p-type material and then receives a thin layer of gold evaporated onto the surface.