Osovizky, A.
, Pritchard, K.
, Yehuda-Zada, Y.
, Ziegler, J.
, Binkley, L.
, Tsai, P.
, Thompson, A.
, Hadad, N.
, Jackson, M.
, Hurlbut, C.
, Baltic, G.
, Majkrzak, C.
and Maliszewskyj, N.
(2018),
Design of an Ultrathin Cold Neutron Detector, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=923891
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Design of an Ultrathin Cold Neutron Detector
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A. Osovizky, , Y. Yehuda-Zada, , , , , , M. Jackson, C. Hurlbut, , ,
Abstract
We describe the design and performance of an ultrathin (< 2mm) cold neutron proportional counter consisting of 6LiF:ZnS(Ag) scintillator in which wavelength shifting fibers have been embedded to conduct scintillation photons out of the medium to a silicon photomultiplier photosensor. The counter has a neutron sensitive volume of 12 mm wide × 30 mm high × 1.4 mm deep. Twenty-four 0.5 mm diameter wavelength shifting fibers conduct the scintillation light out of the plane of the detector and are concentrated onto a 3 mm × 3 mm silicon photomultiplier. The proportional counter is demonstrated to possess a neutron detection efficiency of 93% for 3.27 meV neutrons with a gamma ray rejection ratio on the order of 10-7.Citation
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A
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893
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neutron detector, LiF:ZnS(Ag), CANDOR
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