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Volume 92, Number 6, December 2010
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Article Number | 68003 | |
Number of page(s) | 4 | |
Section | Interdisciplinary Physics and Related Areas of Science and Technology | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/92/68003 | |
Published online | 17 January 2011 |
Single-crystal diamond detector for time-resolved measurements of a pulsed fast-neutron beam
1
CNISM UdR Tor Vergata - Roma, Italy, EU
2
Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Dipartimento di Fisica and Centro NAST - Roma, Italy, EU
3
CNISM and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Milano, Italy, EU
4
Istituto di Fisica del Plasma, CNR - Milano, Italy, EU
5
Energy Department, Politecnico di Milano - Milano, Italy, EU
6
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vegata - Roma, Italy, EU
7
ISIS facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory - Chilton, UK, EU
a
antonino.pietropaolo@roma2.infn.it
Received:
15
September
2010
Accepted:
29
November
2010
A fast-neutron detector for time-resolved beam measurements at spallation neutron sources is presented. The device features a p-type/intrinsic/metal Schottky barrier structure where the active (intrinsic) detection layer is a 150 μm thick single-crystal diamond obtained by chemical-vapour deposition. Coupling to fast front-end electronics preserves the excellent timing properties of the device as demonstrated in tests performed at the ISIS spallation neutron source in UK. The device represents a novel approach in the field of pulsed fast-neutrons spectroscopic techniques. It will find immediate application in localized (mm resolution) fast-neutron fluence measurements required by neutron irradiation experiments at ISIS also envisaging its use for spectrum measurements.
PACS: 89.20.Bb – Industrial and technological research and development / 29.25.Dz – Neutron sources / 29.30.Hs – Neutron spectroscopy
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