Calibration of time of flight detectors using laser-driven neutron source

Rev Sci Instrum. 2015 Jul;86(7):073308. doi: 10.1063/1.4923088.

Abstract

Calibration of three scintillators (EJ232Q, BC422Q, and EJ410) in a time-of-flight arrangement using a laser drive-neutron source is presented. The three plastic scintillator detectors were calibrated with gamma insensitive bubble detector spectrometers, which were absolutely calibrated over a wide range of neutron energies ranging from sub-MeV to 20 MeV. A typical set of data obtained simultaneously by the detectors is shown, measuring the neutron spectrum emitted from a petawatt laser irradiated thin foil.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Calibration*
  • Lasers*
  • Neutrons*
  • Spectrum Analysis