The physics of solid-state neutron detector materials and geometries

AN Caruso - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Detection of neutrons, at high total efficiency, with greater resolution in kinetic energy, time
and/or real-space position, is fundamental to the advance of subfields within nuclear …

Present status of microstructured semiconductor neutron detectors

DS McGregor, SL Bellinger, JK Shultis - Journal of Crystal Growth, 2013 - Elsevier
Semiconductor diode detectors coated with neutron reactive materials have been
investigated as neutron detectors for many decades, and are fashioned mostly as planar …

High-efficiency microstructured semiconductor neutron detectors for direct 3He replacement

RG Fronk, SL Bellinger, LC Henson… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract High-efficiency Microstructured Semiconductor Neutron Detectors (MSNDs) have
been tiled and arranged in a cylindrical form factor in order to serve as a direct replacement …

High-efficiency microstructured semiconductor neutron detectors that are arrayed, dual-integrated, and stacked

SL Bellinger, RG Fronk, TJ Sobering… - Applied Radiation and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Silicon diodes with large aspect ratio 3D microstructures backfilled with 6LiF show a
significant increase in neutron detection efficiency beyond that of conventional thin-film …

Boron-10 nanoparticles filled silicon trenches for thermal neutron detection application

JW Wu, A Weltz, M Koirala, JJQ Lu, R Dahal… - Applied Physics …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
This paper reports on the use of 10 B nano/microparticles in order to fill microstructures of
deep trenches fabricated in n-type Si (110) bulk wafers for the development of solid-state …

Method of fabricating a neutron detector such as a microstructured semiconductor neutron detector

SL Bellinger, RG Fronk, DS McGregor - US Patent 8,778,715, 2014 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method of making a neutron detector Such as a microstruc tured
semiconductor neutron detector is provided. The method includes the step of providing a …

Characteristics of the stacked microstructured solid state neutron detector

SL Bellinger, RG Fronk, WJ McNeil… - Hard X-Ray …, 2010 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Silicon diodes with large aspect ratio perforated microstructures backfilled with 6 LiF show a
dramatic increase in neutron detection efficiency beyond that of conventional thin-film …

[图书][B] Advanced microstructured semiconductor neutron detectors: design, fabrication, and performance

SL Bellinger - 2011 - search.proquest.com
The microstructured semiconductor neutron detector (MSND) was investigated and previous
designs were improved and optimized. In the present work, fabrication techniques have …

多孔硅阵列结构的形貌研究

范晓强, 蒋勇, 展长勇, 邹宇, 伍建春, 黄宁康… - 强激光与粒子束, 2013 - cpsjournals.cn
采用电化学腐蚀方法分别在HF+ 异丙醇(IPA) 和HF+ IPA+ 十六烷基三甲基氯化铵(CATC)
溶液中制备多孔硅结构阵列, 分别讨论HF 酸浓度, CTAC, 刻蚀电流, 刻蚀时间对多孔硅阵列的形 …

Characterization of microstructured semiconductor neutron detectors

SL Bellinger, BW Cooper, RG Fronk… - 2013 IEEE Nuclear …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon diodes with large aspect ratio microstructures backfilled with neutron-reactive
material show a dramatic increase in neutron-detection efficiency beyond that of …