A Diamond 14 Mev Neutron Energy Spectrometer With High Energy Resolution

A self-standing single-crystal chemical vapor deposited diamond was obtained using lift-off method. It was fabricated into a radiation detector and response function measurements for 14 MeV neutrons were taken at the fusion neutronics source. 1.5% of high energy resolution was obtained by using the C-12(n, alpha)Be-9 reaction at an angle of 100 degrees with the deuteron beam line. The intrinsic energy resolution, excluding energy spreading caused by neutron scattering, slowing in the target and circuit noises was 0.79%, which was also the best resolution of the diamond detector ever reported. (C) 2016 AIP Publishing LLC.