Abstract
The response of a PIN diamond diode with a 4.5 μm thick i-layer to α-particles from a 210Po radioactive source has been measured and compared to the response from a 300 μm thick single crystal type IIa diamond. The results show that this PIN diamond diode with thin i-layer can be employed to detect slow neutrons following absorption on a converter boron layer. Such a detector will operate at low voltages and be rather insensitive to gamma background and neutron radiation damage.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 297-301 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |
Volume | 903 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 21 2018 |
Keywords
- Charge collection
- Diamond detector
- Neutron detection
- PIN diode
- Radiation hardness
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Instrumentation