Optical Observation of Single Neutron Detection

The feasibility of using highly pixelated light sensors as neutron detectors is the subject of a collaboration between ILL and ESS Bilbao. The fast paced development of camera sensors can meet the future challenges of neutron detection if an optical coupling able to increase the signal to noise rati...

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Published inJournal of physics. Conference series Vol. 1021; no. 1; pp. 12022 - 12025
Main Authors Mosconi, Marita, Ortega, Jon, Abad, Estefanía, Mutti, Paolo, Van Esch, Patrick, Ruiz-Martinez, Emilio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.05.2018
Subjects
Fiber optics
Neutron counters
Optical coupling
Optics
Physics
Radiation tolerance
Scintillation counters
Sensors
Signal to noise ratio
Thermal neutrons
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Summary:The feasibility of using highly pixelated light sensors as neutron detectors is the subject of a collaboration between ILL and ESS Bilbao. The fast paced development of camera sensors can meet the future challenges of neutron detection if an optical coupling able to increase the signal to noise ratio and enlarge the detection area is identified. Fiber optics tapers seem the best candidates, but issues about their radiation resistance and price make photographic objectives a more sensible choice. The performances of photographic optics have been tested as well as the light output of several thermal neutron scintillators. Thanks to the use of a highly transmissive optics, single neutrons could be observed in 6LiF/ZnS(Ag) for the first time.
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ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/1021/1/012022