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High efficiency event-counting thermal neutron imagingusing a Gd-doped micro-channel plate

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An event-counting thermal neutron imaging detector based on 3 mol % ^natGd ₂O ₃-doped micro-channel plate (MCP) has been developed and tested. A thermal neutron imaging experiment was carried out with a low flux neutron beam. Detection efficiency of 33% was achieved with only one doped MCP. The spatial resolution of 72 μm RMS is currently limited by the readout anode. A detector with larger area and improved readout method is now being developed.

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TIAN Yang, YANG Yi-Gang, PAN Jing-Sheng, LI Yu-Lan and LI Yuan-Jing. High efficiency event-counting thermal neutron imagingusing a Gd-doped micro-channel plate[J]. Chinese Physics C, 2014, 38(8): 086003. doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/38/8/086003

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High efficiency event-counting thermal neutron imagingusing a Gd-doped micro-channel plate

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Abstract:An event-counting thermal neutron imaging detector based on 3 mol %^natGd₂O₃-doped micro-channel plate (MCP) has been developed and tested. A thermal neutron imaging experiment was carried out with a low flux neutron beam. Detection efficiency of 33% was achieved with only one doped MCP. The spatial resolution of 72 μm RMS is currently limited by the readout anode. A detector with larger area and improved readout method is now being developed.

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