中国物理B ›› 2020, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (9): 90401-090401.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/ab9c05

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Fabrication and performance evaluation of GaN thermal neutron detectors with bm6LiF conversion layer

Zhifu Zhu(朱志甫), Zhijia Sun(孙志嘉), Jijun Zou(邹继军), Bin Tang(唐彬), Qinglei Xiu(修青磊), Renbo Wang(王仁波), Jinhui Qu(瞿金辉), Wenjuan Deng(邓文娟), Shaotang Wang(王少堂), Junbo Peng(彭俊波), Zhidong Wang(王志栋), Bin Tang(汤彬), Haiping Zhang(张海平)   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Nuclear Resources and Environment, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China;
    2 State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
    3 Engineering Research Center of Nuclear Technology Application(East China University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Nanchang 330013, China;
    4 CGN Begood Technology Co., Ltd., Nanchang 330013, China
  • 收稿日期:2020-05-03 修回日期:2020-05-25 接受日期:2020-06-12 出版日期:2020-09-05 发布日期:2020-09-05
  • 通讯作者: Zhijia Sun, Jijun Zou E-mail:sunzj@ihep.ac.cn;jjzou@ecit.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61964001 and 61961001), the State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics (Grant No. SKLPDE-KF-2019), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province, China (Grant Nos. 20192BAB207033 and 20181BAB202026), the Foundation of State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Nuclear Resources and Environment (East China Institute of Technology) (Grant No. NRE1515), and the Jiangxi Provincial Postdoctoral Science Foundation, China (Grant No. 2018KY31).

Fabrication and performance evaluation of GaN thermal neutron detectors with bm6LiF conversion layer

Zhifu Zhu(朱志甫)1,2,3, Zhijia Sun(孙志嘉)2, Jijun Zou(邹继军)3, Bin Tang(唐彬)2, Qinglei Xiu(修青磊)2, Renbo Wang(王仁波)3, Jinhui Qu(瞿金辉)3, Wenjuan Deng(邓文娟)3, Shaotang Wang(王少堂)3, Junbo Peng(彭俊波)3, Zhidong Wang(王志栋)3, Bin Tang(汤彬)3, Haiping Zhang(张海平)4   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Nuclear Resources and Environment, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China;
    2 State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
    3 Engineering Research Center of Nuclear Technology Application(East China University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Nanchang 330013, China;
    4 CGN Begood Technology Co., Ltd., Nanchang 330013, China
  • Received:2020-05-03 Revised:2020-05-25 Accepted:2020-06-12 Online:2020-09-05 Published:2020-09-05
  • Contact: Zhijia Sun, Jijun Zou E-mail:sunzj@ihep.ac.cn;jjzou@ecit.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61964001 and 61961001), the State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics (Grant No. SKLPDE-KF-2019), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province, China (Grant Nos. 20192BAB207033 and 20181BAB202026), the Foundation of State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Nuclear Resources and Environment (East China Institute of Technology) (Grant No. NRE1515), and the Jiangxi Provincial Postdoctoral Science Foundation, China (Grant No. 2018KY31).

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摘要： A GaN-based pin neutron detector with a 6LiF conversion layer was fabricated, and can be used to detect thermal neutrons. Measurement of the electrical characteristic of the GaN-based pin neutron detector showed that the reverse leakage current of the neutron detector was reduced significantly after deposition of a 6LiF conversion layer on the detector surface. The thermal neutrons used in this experiment were obtained from an 241Am-Be fast neutron source after being moderated by 100-mm-thick high-density polyethylene. The experimental results show that the detector with 16.9-μm thick 6LiF achieved a maximum neutron detection efficiency of 1.9% at a reverse bias of 0 V, which is less than the theoretical detection efficiency of 4.1% calculated for our GaN neutron detectors.

关键词: thermal neutron, GaN, detector, 6LiF

Abstract: A GaN-based pin neutron detector with a 6LiF conversion layer was fabricated, and can be used to detect thermal neutrons. Measurement of the electrical characteristic of the GaN-based pin neutron detector showed that the reverse leakage current of the neutron detector was reduced significantly after deposition of a 6LiF conversion layer on the detector surface. The thermal neutrons used in this experiment were obtained from an 241Am-Be fast neutron source after being moderated by 100-mm-thick high-density polyethylene. The experimental results show that the detector with 16.9-μm thick 6LiF achieved a maximum neutron detection efficiency of 1.9% at a reverse bias of 0 V, which is less than the theoretical detection efficiency of 4.1% calculated for our GaN neutron detectors.

Key words: thermal neutron, GaN, detector, 6LiF

中图分类号:  (Gravitational wave detectors and experiments)

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