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Direct Fast-Neutron Detection with Diamond Homoepitaxial Me–p––p+ Structures

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The results of studies on fast-neutron detectors application of homoepitaxial Me–p––p+ structures are reported. Epitaxial boron doped (NA = (4–8) × 1014 cm–3) layers 65 μm thick were grown on highly boron doped HPHT diamond plates by CVD. The Schottky contact on epitaxial layer with 17 mm2 area was fabricated by 30 nm Pt deposition. The Ti(30 nm)/Pt(30 nm)/Au(50 nm) metallization scheme was used as an ohmic contact on the backside of the p+ HPHT diamond plate. The fast-neutron detection efficiency measured on 241Am–Be source at operational bias of 75 V (the depletion region is 10.6 µm) amounted to 6 × 10–5 puls./neutron.

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This work received financial support from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (subsidy grant agreement no. 075-02-2018-210 dated November 26, 2018, unique identifier of the agreement RFMEFI57818X0266).

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  1. National University of Science and Technology MISIS, 119049, Moscow, Russia

    S. V. Chernykh, S. A. Tarelkin, A. V. Chernykh, V. D. Blank, A. P. Chubenko, G. I. Britvich, N. I. Polushin & S. I. Didenko

  2. Technological Institute for Superhard and Novel Carbon Materials, 108840, Troitsk, Moscow, Russia

    S. A. Tarelkin, S. Yu. Troschiev, N. V. Luparev, N. V. Kornilov, D. V. Teteruk, S. A. Terentiev & V. D. Blank

  3. All-Russian Research Institute for Optical and Physical Measurements, 119361, Moscow, Russia

    S. Yu. Troschiev

  4. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    A. P. Chubenko

  5. Logunov Institute for High Energy Physics, National Research Center Kurchatov Institute, 142281, Protvino, Moscow oblast, Russia

    G. I. Britvich & M. Yu. Kostin

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Chernykh, S.V., Tarelkin, S.A., Chernykh, A.V. et al. Direct Fast-Neutron Detection with Diamond Homoepitaxial Me–p––p+ Structures. Nanotechnol Russia 14, 476–480 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995078019050033

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