CANBERRA manufactures a wide range of Silicon and Germanium Photon Detectors and offers the broadest line of cryostats and accessories in the industry. Specially engineered versions of these types of detectors can be provided for research and custom applications.

CANBERRA also offers an advanced type of Silicon Charged Particle Detector which is known as the PIPS® (Passivated Implanted Planar Silicon) Detector. The PIPS Detector provides much better performance and greater ruggedness and reliability than conventional SSB or Diffused Junction Detectors.