Portable silicon neutron detector system

Author

Guardiola, C. ; Rodríguez, J. ; Fleta, C. ; Quirion, D. ; Lozano, M.

Author_Institution

Grupo de Detectores de Radiacion, Inst. de Microelectron. de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

fYear

2011

fDate

8-11 Feb. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A portable system has been developed for the detection of neutrons. The sensing element is a silicon radiation detector with a Boron-based converter material that detects neutrons with the ¹⁰B(n, α)⁷ Li reaction. The detector response has been simulated with the MCNPX Monte-Carlo software and the detector geometry has been optimized. A portable readout electronics has been built to operate the detector. The system can be used as well for other types of radiation such as alpha particles, X-rays and electrons.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; neutron detection; nuclear electronics; readout electronics; silicon radiation detectors; Boron-based converter material; MCNPX Monte-Carlo software; alpha particles; detector geometry; neutron detection; portable readout electronics; portable system; sensing element; silicon neutron detector; silicon radiation detector; Boron; Converters; Detectors; Electron devices; Neutrons; Silicon; MCNPX; neutron detector; o-carborane converter; silicon detector;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electron Devices (CDE), 2011 Spanish Conference on

Conference_Location

Palma de Mallorca

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7863-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SCED.2011.5744236

Filename

5744236