Charge-collection efficiency of single-crystal CVD diamond detector for low-energy charged particles with energies ranging from 100 keV to 2 MeV

Sato, Yuki; Murakami, Hiroyuki*; Shimaoka, Takehiro*; Tsubota, Masakatsu*; Kaneko, Junichi*

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 834, p.218 - 222, 2016/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.08.020

Charge-collection efficiency and long-term stability of single-crystal CVD diamond detector under different carrier-drift conditions

Sato, Yuki; Murakami, Hiroyuki*; Shimaoka, Takehiro*; Tsubota, Masakatsu*; Kaneko, Junichi*

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 55(4), p.046401_1 - 046401_5, 2016/04

https://doi.org/10.7567/JJAP.55.046401

We investigated the performance of a charged particle detector fabricated using single-crystal diamond grown by chemical vapor deposition. The detector was able to identify four different Am -particle energies (5.389, 5.443, 5.486, and 5.545 MeV) because of its superior intrinsic energy resolution of 0.4% (full width at half maximum). The charge collection efficiency inside the diamond crystal was 98% for both electrons and holes. The diamond detector also exhibited no significant degradation in terms of pulse height spectra and energy resolution during operation for more than 100 h in the case of mainly electron drift inside the diamond crystal. In contrast, the shapes of the pulse height spectra measured under hole drift condition deteriorated due to the polarization phenomenon.

Disassembly of JT-60 tokamak device

Okano, Fuminori; Ikeda, Yoshitaka; Sakasai, Akira; Hanada, Masaya

Dai-27-Kai Genshiryoku Shisetsu Dekomisshoningu Gijutsu Koza Tekisuto, p.73 - 102, 2014/10

The disassembly of JT-60 tokamak device and its peripheral equipments, where the total weight was about 5400 tons, started in 2009 and accomplished in October 2012. This disassembly was required process for JT-60SA project, which is the Satellite Tokamak project under Japan-EU international corroboration to modify the JT-60 to the superconducting tokamak. This work was the first experience of disassembling a large radioactive fusion device based on Radiation Hazard Prevention Act in Japan. The cutting was one of the main problems in this disassembly, such as to cut the wielded parts together with toroidal field coils, and to cut the vacuum vessel into two. After solving these problems, the disassembly completed without disaster and accident.

Element-selective observation of electronic structure transition between semiconducting and metallic states in boron-doped diamond using soft X-ray emission and absorption spectroscopy

Iihara, Junji*; Muramatsu, Yasuji; Takebe, Toshihiko*; Sawamura, Akitaka*; Namba, Akihiko*; Imai, Takahiro*; Denlinger, J. D.*; Perera, R. C. C.*

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1, 44(9A), p.6612 - 6617, 2005/09

https://doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.44.6612

Electronic structure transition between semiconducting and metallic states in boron (B) -doped diamonds was element-selectively observed by soft X-ray emission and absorption spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation. For the lightly B-doped diamonds, the B 2-density of states (DOS) in the valence band were enhanced with a steep-edge-feature near the Fermi level, and localized acceptor levels, characteristic of semiconductors, were clearly observed both in B 2- and C 2-DOS in the conduction bands. For the heavily B-doped diamonds, the localized acceptor levels developed into extended energy levels and new energy levels were generated to form an extended conduction band structure which overlapped with the valence band. Thus, this clarified that the metallic energy band structure is actually formed by heavy boron doping. Such valence and conduction band structures observed by soft X-ray emission and absorption spectroscopy well accounted for the electrical properties of the B-doped diamonds.

Evidence for a hard gap and Wigner lattice in heavily boron-doped synthetic diamond

Sudo, Tomoko*; Ohashi, Kazutoshi*; Sato, Toshimaro*; Ota, Eiji*; Okayasu, Satoru; Sugai, Hiroyuki

Physical Review B, 71(4), p.045211_1 - 045211_7, 2005/01

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.71.045211

We have measured low frequency generation-recombination noise (g-r moise) spectra of a heavily boro-doped diamond crystal over the temperature range 20-300 K. The experimental results show that there are two peaks in the g-r noise spectrum at 120 K and 67 K, respectively. The 120 K peak corresponds to experimental evidence for the existence of hard gap having width of 10.4 meV. We interpret the 67 K peak as evidence for Wigner lattice formation whose gap width is 5.8 meV.

Kinetics of the graphite-diamond transformation in aqueous fluid determined by in-situ X-ray diffractions at high pressures and temperatures

Okada, Taku; Utsumi, Wataru; Kaneko, Hiroshi*; Turkevich, V.*; Hamaya, Nozomu; Shimomura, Osamu*

Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 31(4), p.261 - 268, 2004/05

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-004-0386-y

The graphite-diamond transformation was investigated by in situ time-resolved X-ray diffraction experiments using aqueous fluid containing dissolved MgO as the diamond forming catalyst under conditions of 6.6-8.9 GPa and 1400-1835 C. The transformed volume fractions of diamond as a function of time under various pressure-temperature conditions were obtained and analyzed using the JMAK rate equation. Variations in the nucleation and growth processes during diamond formation as a function of pressure and temperature were clarified.

Development of advanced antennas and diamond windows for ECH/CD in fusion reactor

Takahashi, Koji; Kasugai, Atsushi; Minami, Ryutaro; Sakamoto, Keishi; Ikeda, Yukiharu; Kobayashi, Noriyuki*; Imai, Tsuyoshi

Denki Gakkai Genshiryoku Kenkyukai Shiryo (NE-03-1), p.1 - 6, 2003/09

no abstracts in English

High power operation of 110 GHz gyrotron at 1.2 MW on the JT-60 ECRF system

Kajiwara, Ken; Ikeda, Yoshitaka; Sakamoto, Keishi; Kasugai, Atsushi; Seki, Masami; Moriyama, Shinichi; Takahashi, Koji; Imai, Tsuyoshi; Mitsunaka, Yoshika*; Fujii, Tsuneyuki

Fusion Engineering and Design, 65(4), p.493 - 499, 2003/07

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0920-3796(03)00002-4

no abstracts in English

X-ray observations of the diamond formation process in the C-HO-MgO system

Okada, Taku; Utsumi, Wataru; Shimomura, Osamu

Journal of Physics; Condensed Matter, 14(44), p.11331 - 11335, 2002/11

https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/14/44/477

In order to clarify the mechanism of diamond formation in the Earth's mantle, we studied the diamond formation in the HO-fluid by in situ X-ray observation with the simple C-HO-MgO system. The results suggest that the solubility of MgO component increases greatly as a function of pressure. However, the generation of fluid is not a sufficient condition for diamond formation, because the carbon quantity in fluid is not increased drastically until just before the diamond formation temperature. This is the first report of the kinetics study in fluid using synchrotron radiation.

The 110-GHz electron cyclotron range of frequency system on JT-60U; Design and operation

Ikeda, Yoshitaka; Kasugai, Atsushi; Moriyama, Shinichi; Kajiwara, Ken*; Seki, Masami; Tsuneoka, Masaki*; Takahashi, Koji; Anno, Katsuto; Hamamatsu, Kiyotaka; Hiranai, Shinichi; et al.

Fusion Science and Technology (JT-60 Special Issue), 42(2-3), p.435 - 451, 2002/09

https://doi.org/10.13182/FST02-A239

no abstracts in English