Fast Neutron Radiography-Based on Single-Photon Digital Photosensor: concept and demonstration

Jean François Pratte; Keven Deslandes; Tommy Rossignol; Nicolas Roy; Frédéric Vachon; Robin Scarpellini; Guillaume Théberge-Dupuis; Paul A. Hausladen; Lorenzo Fabris; Serge A. Charlebois

doi:10.1117/12.2682610

Fast Neutron Radiography-Based on Single-Photon Digital Photosensor: concept and demonstration

Jean François Pratte, Keven Deslandes, Tommy Rossignol, Nicolas Roy, Frédéric Vachon, Robin Scarpellini, Guillaume Théberge-Dupuis, Paul A. Hausladen, Lorenzo Fabris, Serge A. Charlebois

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Abstract

For decades, fast neutron radiography performed using pulse-counting detectors employed PMTs coupled to plastic scintillator pixel arrays. SiPM-based systems are now sought to replace fragile PMTs, but conventional, “analog” SiPMs suffer from intrinsic limitations which limit their achievable performance. Among these limitations, a complete analog readout and digitizer chain is required, a counterintuitive approach when considering that the single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD), the basic unit cell of SiPMs, is a Boolean detector providing digital detection at the sensor level. This paper outlines a new concept for neutron radiography instrumentation by using photon-to-digital converters (PDCs, aka digital SiPMs), a fully digital solution to sense the scintillation light.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics XXV
Editors	Nerine J. Cherepy, Michael Fiederle, Ralph B. James
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510666061
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2682610
State	Published - 2023
Event	Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics XXV 2023 - San Diego, United States Duration: Aug 21 2023 → Aug 22 2023

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	12696
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

Conference

Conference	Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics XXV 2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego
Period	08/21/23 → 08/22/23

Funding

The team would like to acknowledge our collaborators at Teledyne-Dalsa Semiconductor (Bromont, Qc, Canada), Fabrice Retière (Triumf, Vancouver, Canada) and Henri Dautet for their contributions to the development of PDC and SPAD arrays. This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Nuclear Non-Proliferation Research and Development, and by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, High Energy Physics, under contract number DE-AC05-00OR22725, the Canadian Funds for Innovation, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the ReSMiQ and CMC Microsystems.

Keywords

Dark Matter
Detector Panel
Digital SiPM
Homeland Security
Low-Background Experiments
Neutron
Neutron Radiography
Photon-to-Digital Converter
SiPM
Single-Photon Avalanche Diode

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Pratte, J. F., Deslandes, K., Rossignol, T., Roy, N., Vachon, F., Scarpellini, R., Théberge-Dupuis, G., Hausladen, P. A., Fabris, L., & Charlebois, S. A. (2023). Fast Neutron Radiography-Based on Single-Photon Digital Photosensor: concept and demonstration. In N. J. Cherepy, M. Fiederle, & R. B. James (Eds.), Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics XXV Article 1269606 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 12696). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2682610

Pratte, Jean François ; Deslandes, Keven ; Rossignol, Tommy et al. / Fast Neutron Radiography-Based on Single-Photon Digital Photosensor : concept and demonstration. Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics XXV. editor / Nerine J. Cherepy ; Michael Fiederle ; Ralph B. James. SPIE, 2023. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering).

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Fast Neutron Radiography-Based on Single-Photon Digital Photosensor: concept and demonstration. / Pratte, Jean François; Deslandes, Keven; Rossignol, Tommy et al.
Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics XXV. ed. / Nerine J. Cherepy; Michael Fiederle; Ralph B. James. SPIE, 2023. 1269606 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 12696).

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