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A diamond 14 MeV neutron energy spectrometer with high energy resolution

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Publication Date2016-02-01
JournalReview of Scientific Instruments
AuthorsTakehiro Shimaoka, Junichi H. Kaneko, Kentaro Ochiai, Masakatsu Tsubota, Hiroaki Shimmyo
InstitutionsJapan Atomic Energy Agency, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Citations23

A self-standing single-crystal chemical vapor deposited diamond was obtained using lift-off method. It was fabricated into a radiation detector and response function measurements for 14 MeV neutrons were taken at the fusion neutronics source. 1.5% of high energy resolution was obtained by using the 12C(n, α)9Be reaction at an angle of 100° with the deuteron beam line. The intrinsic energy resolution, excluding energy spreading caused by neutron scattering, slowing in the target and circuit noises was 0.79%, which was also the best resolution of the diamond detector ever reported.