{"id":2311,"date":"2023-11-22T11:32:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T16:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maximus.energy\/?p=2311"},"modified":"2023-11-22T11:32:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T16:32:37","slug":"using-bicron-1-5m2-25-1-5l-with-mca-lite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maximus.energy\/index.php\/2023\/11\/22\/using-bicron-1-5m2-25-1-5l-with-mca-lite\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Bicron 1.5M2.25\/1.5L With MCA-LITE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this post I describe how to use a <a href=\"https:\/\/maximus.energy\/index.php\/product\/bicron-gamma-detector-shv\/\">Bicron 1.5M2.25\/1.5L<\/a> gamma detector with the <a href=\"https:\/\/maximus.energy\/index.php\/product\/mca-lite\/\">MCA-LITE<\/a>. The experimental setup is shown on Fig. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"373\" data-attachment-id=\"2328\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maximus.energy\/index.php\/2023\/11\/22\/using-bicron-1-5m2-25-1-5l-with-mca-lite\/mca-lite-bicron-1-5m2-25\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Bicron-1.5M2.25.png?fit=1200%2C514&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,514\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"MCA-LITE with Bicron 1.5M2.25\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Bicron-1.5M2.25.png?fit=870%2C373&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Bicron-1.5M2.25.png?resize=870%2C373&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Bicron-1.5M2.25.png?resize=1024%2C439&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Bicron-1.5M2.25.png?resize=300%2C129&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Bicron-1.5M2.25.png?resize=768%2C329&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Bicron-1.5M2.25.png?resize=600%2C257&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Bicron-1.5M2.25.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig. 1. MCA-LITE with Bicron 1.5M2.25\/1.5L gamma detector.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recommended MCA-LITE preset is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sampling rate: 5 MHz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bias voltage: 400V<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coupling: DC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Range: 100 mV<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pulse shaping: Integration, 5 \u03bcs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MCA threshold: 0.1 mV (relative)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MCA baseline: 5 \u03bcs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The detector pulse is shown on Fig. 2, the resulting (integrated) shaped pulse is shown on Fig. 3, and the resulting <sup>137<\/sup>Cs and <sup>133<\/sup>Ba spectra are shown on Fig. 4 and 5.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"507\" data-attachment-id=\"2314\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maximus.energy\/index.php\/2023\/11\/22\/using-bicron-1-5m2-25-1-5l-with-mca-lite\/mca-lite-pulse\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Pulse.png?fit=997%2C581&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"997,581\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"MCA-LITE-Pulse\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Pulse.png?fit=870%2C507&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Pulse.png?resize=870%2C507&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Pulse.png?w=997&amp;ssl=1 997w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Pulse.png?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Pulse.png?resize=768%2C448&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Pulse.png?resize=600%2C350&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig. 2. Bicron 1.5M2.25\/1.5L detector pulse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"507\" data-attachment-id=\"2316\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maximus.energy\/index.php\/2023\/11\/22\/using-bicron-1-5m2-25-1-5l-with-mca-lite\/mca-lite-shaped-pulse\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Shaped-Pulse.png?fit=997%2C581&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"997,581\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"MCA-LITE-Shaped-Pulse\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Shaped-Pulse.png?fit=870%2C507&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Shaped-Pulse.png?resize=870%2C507&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Shaped-Pulse.png?w=997&amp;ssl=1 997w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Shaped-Pulse.png?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Shaped-Pulse.png?resize=768%2C448&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Shaped-Pulse.png?resize=600%2C350&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig. 3. Shaped (integrated) pulse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"507\" data-attachment-id=\"2318\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maximus.energy\/index.php\/2023\/11\/22\/using-bicron-1-5m2-25-1-5l-with-mca-lite\/mca-lite-cs-137\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Cs-137.png?fit=1996%2C1163&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1996,1163\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"MCA-LITE-Cs-137\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Cs-137.png?fit=870%2C507&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Cs-137.png?resize=870%2C507&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Cs-137.png?resize=1024%2C597&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Cs-137.png?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Cs-137.png?resize=768%2C447&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Cs-137.png?resize=1536%2C895&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Cs-137.png?resize=600%2C350&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Cs-137.png?w=1996&amp;ssl=1 1996w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Cs-137.png?w=1740&amp;ssl=1 1740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig. 4. <sup>137<\/sup>Cs spectrum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"507\" data-attachment-id=\"2320\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maximus.energy\/index.php\/2023\/11\/22\/using-bicron-1-5m2-25-1-5l-with-mca-lite\/mca-lite-ba-133\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Ba-133.png?fit=1996%2C1163&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1996,1163\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"MCA-LITE-Ba-133\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Ba-133.png?fit=870%2C507&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Ba-133.png?resize=870%2C507&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Ba-133.png?resize=1024%2C597&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Ba-133.png?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Ba-133.png?resize=768%2C447&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Ba-133.png?resize=1536%2C895&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Ba-133.png?resize=600%2C350&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Ba-133.png?w=1996&amp;ssl=1 1996w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Ba-133.png?w=1740&amp;ssl=1 1740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig. 5. <sup>133<\/sup>Ba spectrum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/maximus.energy\/index.php\/product\/mca-lite\/\">MCA-LITE<\/a> can acquire a good quality gamma spectrum using a <a href=\"https:\/\/maximus.energy\/index.php\/product\/bicron-gamma-detector-shv\/\">Bicron 1.5M2.25\/1.5L<\/a> gamma detector despite low 8-bit resolution. Integration pulse shaping allows effectively compensating for low signal acquisition resolution at low to moderate count rates resulting in satisfactory spectra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this post I describe how to use a Bicron 1.5M2.25\/1.5L gamma detector with the MCA-LITE. The experimental setup is shown on Fig. 1. The recommended MCA-LITE preset is as follows: The detector pulse is shown on Fig. 2, the resulting (integrated) shaped pulse is shown on Fig. 3, and the resulting 137Cs and 133Ba [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gamma-detection"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9osz2-Bh","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maximus.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MCA-LITE-Bicron-1.5M2.25.png?fit=1200%2C514&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maximus.energy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maximus.energy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maximus.energy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maximus.energy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maximus.energy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2311"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/maximus.energy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2332,"href":"https:\/\/maximus.energy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311\/revisions\/2332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maximus.energy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maximus.energy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maximus.energy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maximus.energy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}