Optimizing diode thickness for thin-film solid state thermal neutron detectors

John W. Murphy; George R. Kunnen; Israel Mejia; Manuel A. Quevedo-Lopez; David Allee; Bruce Gnade

doi:10.1063/1.4757292

Optimizing diode thickness for thin-film solid state thermal neutron detectors

John W. Murphy, George R. Kunnen, Israel Mejia, Manuel A. Quevedo-Lopez, David Allee, Bruce Gnade

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In this work, we investigate the optimal thickness of a semiconductor diode for thin-film solid state thermal neutron detectors. We evaluate several diode materials, Si, CdTe, GaAs, C (diamond), and ZnO, and two neutron converter materials, 10B and 6LiF. Investigating a coplanar diode/converter geometry, we determine the minimum semiconductor thickness needed to achieve maximum neutron detection efficiency. By keeping the semiconductor thickness to a minimum, gamma rejection is kept as high as possible. In this way, we optimize detector performance for different thin-film semiconductor materials. © 2012 American Institute of Physics.

Original language	American English
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757292
State	Published - 1 Oct 2012
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