• DocumentCode
    905391
  • Title

    A low jitter, low cost, time-of-flight circuit

  • Author

    Cable, TIME-OF-FLIGHT Circuit ; Derzon, M.S. ; Vieira, Rafael G. ; Spracklen, R. G Vieira H P ; Consultant, P.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., California Univ., Livermore, CA, USA
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1988
  • Firstpage
    133
  • Lastpage
    134
  • Abstract
    A low-cost, low-jitter circuit has been developed for use in a neutron time-of-flight spectrometer at the Nova Laser Facility. Using a silicon charged-particle detector, amplifier, and constant-fraction discriminator, timing resolution of better than 50 ps FWHM has been achieved. Using an array of many such detectors, very high data rates and precise spectra can be obtained.<>
  • Keywords
    neutron detection and measurement; neutron spectrometers; semiconductor counters; Si; amplifier; charged-particle detector; constant-fraction discriminator; low cost; low jitter; neutron time-of-flight spectrometer; time-of-flight circuit; timing resolution; Circuits; Costs; Detectors; Energy measurement; Event detection; Fuels; Jitter; Neutrons; Sensor arrays; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/23.12690
  • Filename
    12690