The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR consists of highly pure germanium (Ge) detectors deep underground to avoid radiations, such as cosmic rays, which could interfere with it. The Ge detectors are highly ...

But just as it had taken years to produce pure enough germanium, it took several years to produce pure enough silicon. By the time he succeeded, Teal was working at Texas Instruments. Luring ...

G-ray’s near-term focus is on a germanium-rich silicon alloy, which reduces the need for cooling by increasing the resistance compared with pure germanium, but the company now has the scope to ...

Jia. More information: Junjun Jia et al, Multivalley optical switching in germanium, Physical Review Applied (2025). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.23.024060 ...