title: A prototype personal neutron dosemeter with one silicon diode.
abstract: The performance of a personal neutron dosemeter with a single silicon diode using a linear combination of its pulse height information was studied. Its dosimetric behaviour in fields with neutrons of different energy and directional distribution is shown for neutron energies ranging from thermal to 100 MeV and for directions of incidence ranging from frontal to lateral. The dosemeter is photon-insensitive and its dose detection threshold is at about 20 microSv. The dosimetric characteristics are compared with those of commercial dosemeters based on silicon detectors.
authors.affiliation: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Bundesallee 100 38116 Braunschweig, Germany. marlies.luszik-bhadra@ptb.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luszik-Bhadra
mesh_terms: D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D004566:Electrodes; D004867:Equipment Design; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007554:Isotopes; D009502:Neutrons; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012825:Silicon
chemical_list: D007554:Isotopes; D012825:Silicon