title: Calibration of time of flight detectors using laser-driven neutron source.
abstract: Calibration of three scintillators (EJ232Q, BC422Q, and EJ410) in a time-of-flight arrangement using a laser drive-neutron source is presented. The three plastic scintillator detectors were calibrated with gamma insensitive bubble detector spectrometers, which were absolutely calibrated over a wide range of neutron energies ranging from sub-MeV to 20 MeV. A typical set of data obtained simultaneously by the detectors is shown, measuring the neutron spectrum emitted from a petawatt laser irradiated thin foil.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Mirfayzi
authors.affiliation: Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kar
authors.affiliation: Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Krygier
authors.affiliation: Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Green
authors.affiliation: Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alejo
authors.affiliation: Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.affiliation: LULI, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.affiliation: Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schloßgartenstrasse 9, D-64289 Darmstadt,Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kleinschmidt
authors.affiliation: Propulsion Systems Directorate, Air Force Research Lab, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433, USA.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.affiliation: Blackett Laboratory, Department of Physics, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Najmudin
authors.affiliation: Blackett Laboratory, Department of Physics, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.affiliation: Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Norreys
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.affiliation: Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schloßgartenstrasse 9, D-64289 Darmstadt,Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.affiliation: LULI, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vassura
authors.affiliation: Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zepf
authors.affiliation: Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Borghesi
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D007834:Lasers; D009502:Neutrons; D013057:Spectrum Analysis