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Manufacture Of Dual Sided Microstructured Semiconductor Neutron Detectors, Jared Medina

Kansas State University Undergraduate Research Conference

The world is in need of a new way to detect neutrons. The best current detectors rely on ³He, which is in short supply. The ³He detectors are extremely expensive. The goal of this project is to produce inexpensive and robust detectors that do not rely on ³He. Instead of using gas, the Dual Sided Microstructured Neutron Detectors (DS-MSNDs) are made from a semiconductor material. The DS-MSNDs have been simulated to have up to 70% efficiency, which is comparable to the ³He detectors efficiency of about 80%. The DS-MSNDs have micro-trenches that are back filled with …