Roadmap for high efficiency solid-state neutron detectors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6013, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Nikolic R J ^a   Cheung, C L ^b   Reinhardt, C E ^a   Wang, T F ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha; Boron; High density plasma etching; Nanowires; Neutron detection; Pillars; Pixel array

Indexed keywords

ALPHA; HIGH DENSITY PLASMA ETCHING; PILLARS; PIXEL ARRAY;

BORON; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRONS; PLASMA ETCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLID STATE DEVICES;

NEUTRON DETECTORS;

EID: 33644809395     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.633256     Document Type: Conference Paper

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