Disclosed herein is a radiation detector comprising: an electronics layer comprising a first set of electric contacts and a second set of electric contacts; a radiation absorption layer configured to absorb radiation; a semiconductor substrate, portions of which extend into the radiation absorption layer in a direction of thickness thereof, the portions forming a first set of electrodes and a second set of electrodes; wherein the first set of electrodes and the second set of electrodes are interdigitated; wherein the semiconductor substrate comprises a p-n junction that separates first set of electrodes from the second set of electrodes; wherein the electronics layer and the semiconductor substrate are bonded such that the first set of electrodes are electrically connected to the first set of electric contacts and the second set of electrodes are electrically connected to the second set of electric contacts.