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Development of a solid-state position sensitive neutron detector prototype based on ?6Li-glass scintillator and digital SiPM arrays
摘要： Photomultiplier tubes (PMT) have been used extensively as the photodetector of choice in scintillation based detectors for cold and thermal neutrons. However, the limitations of PMT based scintillation neutron detectors such as their sensitivity to magnetic fields or their high operating voltages (> 1 kV) have triggered the search for alternative photodetectors for these applications. Silicon photomultipliers (SiPM) operate in the single photon regime, have lower operating voltages (~ 20 - 70 V) than PMTs and are insusceptible to magnetic field. Additional features of the SiPMs like their low production cost, compactness and higher readout rates make them a potential candidate to replace the photodetector part in these developments. Therefore, we are developing a scintillation neutron detector based on SiPM technology. The detector prototype with an active detection area of 13 cm × 13 cm is aimed to be used in the future at the TREFF instrument of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) in Garching, Germany, for neutron reflectometry experiments. In this paper, we report the detector concept, its development and the simulation results for design optimization.
关键词： Geant4,Neutron scintillation detectors,Cold and thermal neutrons,Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPM)
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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[IEEE 2017 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC) - Atlanta, GA (2017.10.21-2017.10.28)] 2017 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC) - Compact Solid State Neutron-Gamma Detectors for Backpack or Handheld Instruments
摘要： In this paper, we report on the characterization of detectors constructed at RMD using 1-inch, 1.5-inch, and 2-inch diameter right cylinders of CLYC and CLLBC crystals coupled to arrays of silicon photomultipliers (SiPM). Detectors constructed with small volume CLLBC crystals coupled to a 12 mm × 12mm total area SiPM array show an excellent energy resolution of ~3% at 662 keV and a large volume CLYC crystal when coupled to a 24 mm × 24 mm area array shows an energy resolution of ~6.6% at 662 keV. Both detectors show pulse shape discrimination capabilities.
关键词： Gamma-ray detection,crystal growth,elpasolites,energy resolution,neutron detection,scintillation detector,CLLBC,CLYC,thermal neutrons
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29