A new class of low cost, high performance radiation detectors

Author

Friedman, Peter S.

Volume

5

fYear

2005

fDate

23-29 Oct. 2005

Firstpage

2815

Lastpage

2822

Abstract

A new class of radiation detectors has been conceived and demonstrated using plasma panel TV-set technology for direct conversion of ionizing radiation to free-electrons and a gaseous media for electron amplification with a gain of approximately 10¹¹. For the basic configuration, a native pixel resolution of 10 mum appears feasible, with a pixel response time of 1 mus or faster, and a manufacturing cost of less than $1 per square inch for detector and electronics. New structures under consideration suggest the possibility that the plasma panel detector could be a transformational technology with low cost, large area, high spatial and temporal resolution, and potentially high efficiency, high energy spectral resolution and high neutron/gamma-ray discrimination

Keywords

ionisation chambers; plasma displays; electron amplification; free-electrons; ionizing radiation; low cost hybrid solid state ionizing radiation detectors; neutron-gamma-ray discrimination; plasma panel TV-set technology; Costs; Delay; Electrons; Energy resolution; Ionizing radiation; Manufacturing; Plasma displays; Plasma materials processing; Radiation detectors; Spatial resolution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2005 IEEE

Conference_Location

Fajardo

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9221-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596920

Filename

1596920