High efficiency 1D position sensitive neutron detectors in fan like 2D structure for SANS instrument at Dhruva

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shraddha S. Desai ◽  
Sohrab Abbas ◽  
V. K. Aswal ◽  
Vaibhav B. Kulkarni ◽  
Rohit Chandak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Efficiency ◽  
Neutron Detectors ◽  
2D Structure ◽  
Position Sensitive ◽  
Sans Instrument

Elemental Analysis and Current-Voltage Characteristics of LiZnP and LiZnAs Samples for Solid-State Neutron Detectors

2013 ◽  
Vol 1576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin W. Montag ◽  
Michael A. Reichenberger ◽  
Kevin R. Arpin ◽  
Kyle A. Nelson ◽  
Philip B. Ugorowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inductively Coupled Plasma ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Electrical Characterization ◽  
Atomic Emission ◽  
Bulk Single Crystal ◽  
Neutron Detectors ◽  
Background Radiations ◽  
Inductively Coupled ◽  
Current Voltage ◽  
Silver Epoxy

ABSTRACTResearch for a reliable solid-form semiconductor neutron detector continues because such a device would have greater efficiency, in a compact form, than present day gas-filled 3He and 10BF3 detectors. The 6Li(n,t)4He reaction yields a total Q value of 4.78 MeV, larger than 10B, and easily identified above background radiations. Hence, devices composed of either natural Li (nominally 7.5% 6Li) or enriched 6Li (usually 95% 6Li) may provide a semiconductor material for compact high efficiency neutron detectors. A sub-branch of the III-V semiconductors, the filled tetrahedral compounds, AIBIICV, known as Nowotny-Juza compounds, are known for their desirable cubic crystal structure, and were originally studied for photonic applications. Equimolar portions of Li, Zn, and P or As were sealed under vacuum (10-6 Torr) in quartz ampoules with a graphite lining, loaded into a compounding furnace, and heated to 560 °C to form the ternary compound, LiZnP or LiZnAs, and further annealed to promote crystallization. The chemical composition of the synthesized starting material was confirmed at Galbraith Laboratories, Inc. by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES), which showed the compounds were reacted in equal ratios, 1-1-1, to form ternary compounds. Bulk single crystal samples were grown by a high temperature technique described elsewhere. Samples were cut, polished, and prepared for electrical characterization by depositing a Ti/Au contact onto one side of the one of the samples and using silver epoxy to form the other contact. Current-voltage curves were collected for a sample with silver epoxy for both anode and cathode contact, and for a sample with a Ti-Au anode contact and silver epoxy cathode contact. A much higher resistivity was calculated, 6.6 x 1010 Ω·cm, for the sample with a Ti-Au contact compared the high conductivity seen with the sample using silver epoxy contacts.

Electron Multiplication and Electron Multipliers

2016 ◽  
pp. 9-48
Keyword(s):  
High Efficiency ◽  
Electrical Signal ◽  
Single Electron ◽  
Single Photons ◽  
Electron Avalanche ◽  
Avalanche Multiplication ◽  
Time Direction ◽  
Electron Multiplication ◽  
Position Sensitive

This chapter describes the process of electron avalanche multiplication, which is the only method known to detect the smallest possible electrical signal, a single electron at rest. Electron avalanche multiplication can advantageously be used in position sensitive photomultipliers to with high efficiency detect single photons with respect to position, time, direction and energy.

scholarly journals High efficiency hexagonal boron nitride neutron detectors with 1 cm2 detection areas

2020 ◽  
Vol 116 (14) ◽  
pp. 142102 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Maity ◽  
S. J. Grenadier ◽  
J. Li ◽  
J. Y. Lin ◽  
H. X. Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Boron Nitride ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Hexagonal Boron Nitride ◽  
Neutron Detectors

scholarly journals Large High-Efficiency Thermal Neutron Detectors Based on the Micromegas Technology

Universe ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgios Tsiledakis ◽  
Alain Delbart ◽  
Daniel Desforge ◽  
Ioanis Giomataris ◽  
Thomas Papaevangelou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Neutron ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Detection Efficiency ◽  
Rate Capability ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Thermal Neutrons ◽  
Neutron Detectors ◽  
Electron Multiplier ◽  
Detection Techniques

Due to the so-called 3He shortage crisis, many detection techniques for thermal neutrons are currently based on alternative converters. There are several possible ways of increasing the detection efficiency for thermal neutrons using the solid neutron-to-charge converters 10B or 10B4C. Here, we present an investigation of the Micromegas technology. The micro-pattern gaseous detector Micromegas was developed in the past years at Saclay and is now used in a wide variety of neutron experiments due to its combination of high accuracy, high rate capability, excellent timing properties, and robustness. A large high-efficiency Micromegas-based neutron detector is proposed for thermal neutron detection, containing several layers of 10B4C coatings that are mounted inside the gas volume. The principle and the fabrication of a single detector unit prototype with overall dimension of ~15 × 15 cm2 and its possibility to modify the number of 10B4C neutron converter layers are described. We also report results from measurements that are verified by simulations, demonstrating that typically five 10B4C layers of 1–2 μm thickness would lead to a detection efficiency of 20% for thermal neutrons and a spatial resolution of sub-mm. The high potential of this novel technique is given by the design being easily adapted to large sizes by constructing a mosaic of several such detector units, resulting in a large area coverage and high detection efficiencies. An alternative way of achieving this is to use a multi-layered Micromegas that is equipped with two-side 10B4C-coated gas electron multiplier (GEM)-type meshes, resulting in a robust and large surface detector. Another innovative and very promising concept for cost-effective, high-efficiency, large-scale neutron detectors is by stacking 10B4C-coated microbulk Micromegas. A prototype was designed and built, and the tests so far look very encouraging.

scholarly journals High-efficiency ultra-precision comparator for d-spacing mapping measurement of silicon

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 577-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junliang Yang ◽  
Tang Li ◽  
Ye Zhu ◽  
Xiaowei Zhang ◽  
Atsushi Waseda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Synchrotron Radiation ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Photon Counting ◽  
Pencil Beam ◽  
Systematic Deviation ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Experimental Configuration ◽  
Ultra Precision ◽  
Position Sensitive

This article describes a high-efficiency experimental configuration for a self-referenced lattice comparator with a `brush beam' of synchrotron radiation from a bending magnet and two linear position-sensitive photon-counting-type X-ray detectors. The efficiency is more than ten times greater compared with the `pencil-beam' configuration and a pair of zero-dimensional detectors. A solution for correcting the systematic deviation of d-spacing measurements caused by the horizontal non-uniformity of the brush beam is provided. Also, the use of photon-counting-type one-dimensional detectors not only improves the spatial resolution of the measurements remarkably but can also adjust the sample's attitude angles easily.

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