High efficiency neutron sensitive amorphous silicon pixel detectors

Silicon Carbide Neutron Detectors

The potential of Silicon Carbide (SiC) for use in semiconductor nuclear radiation detectors has been long recognized. In fact, the first SiC neutron detector was demonstrated more than fifty years ago (Babcock, et al., 1957; Babcock & Chang, 1963). This detector was shown to be operational in limited testing at temperatures up to 700 oC. Unfortunately, further development was limited by the poo...

Amorphous Silicon Based Neutron Detector

Front-end electronics for high rate, position sensitive neutron detectors

Advanced neutron detectors for experiments at new spallation sources will require greater counting rate capabilities than previously attainable. This necessitates careful design of both detector and readout electronics. As part of a new instrument for protein crystallography at LANSCE, we are constructing a detector whose concept was described previously (IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. NS-46 (1999) 191...

Towards high efficiency solid-state thermal and fast neutron detectors

Variety of applications of fast neutron detection utilize thermal neutron detectors and moderators. Examples include homeland security applications such as portal monitors and nuclear safeguards which employ passive systems for detection of fissile materials. These applications mostly rely on gas filled detectors such as 3He, BF3 or plastic scintillators and require high voltage for operation. ...

Roadmap for High Efficiency Solid-State Neutron Detectors

Proceedings of SPIE -Volume 6013 Optoelectronic Devices: Physics, Fabrication, and Application II, Joachim Piprek, Editor, 601305 (Oct. 25, 2005) (published online Oct. 25, 2005) http://spiedl.aip.org/dbt/dbt.jsp?KEY=PSISDG&Volume=6013&Issue=1#P601305000001 ©2005 COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Used by permission. doi:10.1117/12.633256 Roadmap for High Efficie...