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Design and Initial Tests of a Fast Neutron Radiography Detector Prototype with Silicon Photomultiplier Readouts
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Xu Chen, Bin Tang, Ruofu Chen, Zhifu Zhu, Pingchuan Zhang, Qian Yu, Chang Huang, Shaojia Chen, Xiuku Wang, Hong Xu, Xiaojie Cai, Dawei Guo, Li Yu, Zhijia Sun, Yanfeng Wang and Yuntao Liu
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Among non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques, fast neutron radiography with a higher penetration capability has achieved rapid advancements. However, the application of the radiography detector in many fast neutron imaging systems is limited by unfavorable detection efficiency and imaging spatial resolution. In this paper,
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Among non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques, fast neutron radiography with a higher penetration capability has achieved rapid advancements. However, the application of the radiography detector in many fast neutron imaging systems is limited by unfavorable detection efficiency and imaging spatial resolution. In this paper, a fast neutron radiography detector was designed, which was composed of a pixelated EJ200 scintillator array, a 16 × 16 silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) array, and capacitive multiplexing network readout electronics. The main parameters of the detector were optimized using Monte Carlo simulations. In addition, the prototype of the detector was fabricated and tested under a 14 MeV D-T neutron source. The preliminary test results demonstrated that the spatial resolution of the prototype reached 1.2 mm. Moreover, the conflict between spatial resolution and detection efficiency could be mitigated by using a pixelated scintillator structure. Overall, SiPMs enabled the extensive application of the imaging system because of their excellent photon detection performance, relatively low price, and joint possibility for large areas.
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