Digital implementation of filters for nuclear applications using the discrete wavelet transform

This paper presents a novel digital pulse processing technique based on fast implementations of a modern signal analysis method known as the wavelet transform (WT). From the point of view of standard nuclear filtering, the whole analysis may be understood as the action of a bank of gaussian shapers. The algorithm permits the evaluation of relevant parameters on each pulse and, making use of this information, a spectral improvement is achieved in the response of HgI2 detectors constructed in our laboratories. As the performance of these detectors is mainly limited by the hole trapping phenomenon, the introduction of a charge loss correction making use of the WT has been considered. In this work, the pulse processing has been carried out by transferring the digital recorded pulses to a computer where a software version of the algorithm is performed.