TY - GEN
T1 - Pulse-shape analysis of neutron-induced scintillation light in Ni-doped 6LiF/ZnS
AU - Cowles, Christian C.
AU - Behling, Richard S.
AU - Imel, George R.
AU - Kouzes, Richard T.
AU - Lintereur, Azaree T.
AU - Robinson, Sean M.
AU - Stave, Sean C.
AU - Siciliano, Edward R.
AU - Wang, Zheming
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2016/10/3
Y1 - 2016/10/3
N2 - Alternatives to 3He are being investigated for gamma-ray insensitive neutron detection applications, including plutonium assay. One promising material is lithium-6 fluoride with silver activated zinc sulfide 6LiF/ZnS(Ag) in conjunction with a wavelength shifting plastic. Doping the 6LiF/ZnS(Ag) with nickel (Ni) has been proposed as a means of reducing the decay time of neutron signal pulses. This research performed a pulse shape comparison between Ni-doped and non-doped 6LiF/ZnS(Ag) neutron pulses. The Ni-doped 6LiF/ZnS(Ag) had a 32.7% ± 0.3 increase in neutron pulse height and a 32.4% ± 0.3 decrease in neutron pulse time compared to the non-doped 6LiF/ZnS(Ag). Doping 6LiF/ZnS(Ag) with nickel may allow neutron detector operation with improved signal to noise ratios, and reduced pulse pileup affects, increasing the accuracy and range of source activities with which such a detector could operate.
AB - Alternatives to 3He are being investigated for gamma-ray insensitive neutron detection applications, including plutonium assay. One promising material is lithium-6 fluoride with silver activated zinc sulfide 6LiF/ZnS(Ag) in conjunction with a wavelength shifting plastic. Doping the 6LiF/ZnS(Ag) with nickel (Ni) has been proposed as a means of reducing the decay time of neutron signal pulses. This research performed a pulse shape comparison between Ni-doped and non-doped 6LiF/ZnS(Ag) neutron pulses. The Ni-doped 6LiF/ZnS(Ag) had a 32.7% ± 0.3 increase in neutron pulse height and a 32.4% ± 0.3 decrease in neutron pulse time compared to the non-doped 6LiF/ZnS(Ag). Doping 6LiF/ZnS(Ag) with nickel may allow neutron detector operation with improved signal to noise ratios, and reduced pulse pileup affects, increasing the accuracy and range of source activities with which such a detector could operate.
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U2 - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2015.7581914
DO - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2015.7581914
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84994101858
T3 - 2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2015
BT - 2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2015
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2015
Y2 - 31 October 2015 through 7 November 2015
ER -