A BRAGG CURVE SPECTROSCOPY DETECTOR FOR ERDA STUDIES

Authors
TRIPATHI A MANDAL S KATARIA DO AVASTHI DK DATTA SK
Citation
A. Tripathi et al., A BRAGG CURVE SPECTROSCOPY DETECTOR FOR ERDA STUDIES, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 129(3), 1997, pp. 423-428
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms → ACNP
ISSN journal
0168583X
Volume
129
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
423 - 428
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(1997)129:3<423:ABCSDF>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The design and use of a Bragg curve spectroscopy (BCS) detector for de pth profiling of elements in materials using the elastic recoil detect ion analysis (ERDA) technique is discussed. The detector when used to identify recoils from samples in an ERDA experiment using a 170 MeV Ag beam showed a clear separation between Fe (Z = 26) and Cu (Z = 29) re coils. Measurements near Z = 11 yielded Delta Z/Z of 1/34 showing a Br agg peak resolution of 2.9%. For typical applications, the detector ca n be effectively used for neighbouring charge identification up to Z s imilar to 30.