Self-powered micro-structured solid state neutron detector with very low leakage current and high efficiency

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 24, 2012, Pages

  Dahal, R ^a   Huang, K C ^a   Clinton, J ^a   Licausi, N ^a   Lu, J Q ^a   Danon, Y ^a   Bhat, I ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP HOLES; DEVICE SIZES; LOW-LEAKAGE CURRENT; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NEUTRON SENSITIVITY; SELF-POWERED; SINGLE LAYER; SOLID-STATE NEUTRON DETECTORS; THERMAL NEUTRON DETECTION EFFICIENCY;

ASPECT RATIO; BORON; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS;

NEUTRON DETECTORS;

EID: 84863320300     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4729558     Document Type: Article

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