Study on boron-film thermal neutron converter prepared by pulsed laser deposition.
The boron film converter used in the position-sensitive thermal neutron detector is discussed and the method of preparing this converter layer via Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) is introduced. The morphology and the composition were studied by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). Both boron and boride existed on the layer surface. It was shown that the energy intensity of laser beam and the substrate temperature both had an important influence on the surface morphology of the film.
Song
Zi-Feng
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Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui Hefei 230026, China.
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Shu-Zhen
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Chen
Zi-Yu
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Song
Liao
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Shen
Ji
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