@inproceedings{5ba5807650224abf86a7c0f6554e73fb,
title = "SiPM readout of stilbene crystals for safeguards applications",
abstract = "We developed and tested a compact neutron detector, based on a cylindrical stilbene crystal, directly read out by a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM). We experimentally studied the effect of light guides to improve the light collection efficiency when coupling small SiPMs to large-area crystals. The use of the light guide for a crystal-SiPM area ratio of 14x increased the overall detection efficiency approximately 5\%, compared to a direct coupling. This modest efficiency improvement hardly justifies the additional design complexity due to adding a light guide to the assembly. Based on a simple readout scheme, a pair of detectors was used to measure correlated emissions from laboratory fission sources (i.e. Cf-252). An amplified SiPM readout board is being developed. Detectors equipped with this readout device will be used in a multiplicity counter assembly to inspect special nuclear materials.",
keywords = "Organic Scintillators, SiPM, Silicon Photomultiplier, Stilbene, gamma neutron discrimination., light guide",
author = "Fulvio, \{Angela Di\} and Beyer, \{Kyle A.\} and Shin, \{Tony H.\} and Nathan Giha and Clarke, \{Shaun D.\} and Pozzi, \{Sara A.\}",
note = "ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work is funded in-part by the Consortium for Verification Technology under Department of Energy NNSA award number DE-NA0002534.; 2017 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2017 ; Conference date: 21-10-2017 Through 28-10-2017",
year = "2018",
month = nov,
day = "12",
doi = "10.1109/NSSMIC.2017.8532859",
language = "English (US)",
series = "2017 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2017 - Conference Proceedings",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
booktitle = "2017 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2017 - Conference Proceedings",
address = "United States",
}