A new position sensitive proportional counter with microstrip anode for neutron detection

Microstrip gas chambers on glass and ceramic substrates

“…Glass substrates have been widely used for making MSGCs [1,[3][4][5][6][8][9][10][11][12][13].Glass has a very smooth surface and is suitable for photolithography processing. Recent work has shown that electronic conduction in the glass is responsible for achieving stable operation and high rate capability for a MSGC [9][10][11].…”

“…Extensive work [3,[9][10][11][12][13] suggests that a microstrip gas chamber of good performance can be built on a glass substrate of electronic conductivity. One question concernIng detector packaging needs more investigations.…”

“…INTRODUCTION The introduction of the Microstrip Gas Chamber (MSGC) by A. Oed [1] has attracted a great deal of attention over the last five years. Many efforts [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] have demonstrated that this new gas detector has much improved performance over a conventional Multi-Wire Proportional Chamber (MWPC). Its energy resolution, spatial resolution, rate capability radiation resistance, and low cost .…”

“…Though expensive, ion implantation of high dosage (~4xl0 16 ions/cm 2 ) was effective in lowering the surface resistivity of quartz or Si02 film in order to keep the gain of the MSGC stable at high rate [7). Another approach is to use directly a glass substrate of low resistivity and electronic conductivity [3,10,11].…”

Development of a microstrip-based neutron detector

“…Microstrip gas counters (MSGC) are of great interest for researchers around the world since their introduction by Anton Oed in 1988 [1]. They can be used as position sensitive detectors for X-rays and neutrons [2][3][4][5][6] and are superior to conventional multiwire proportional counters (MWPC) in terms of resolution and count rate. The performance of the detector can be tailored using advanced thin film technology and lithography.…”