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I assume the commenter was referring to ionizing radiation.
by dimensi0nal 8y ago
I assume the commenter was referring to ionizing radiation.
- db48x 8y agoIn a CCD, even photons of visible light are ionizing radiation. The light causes electrons to pop out of a semiconductor and get caught in a capacitor, where they are stored long enough to be read out as a voltage, and turned into a number.