Neutron Single-Event Effects Testing at LANSCE

The Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) has developed a facility to measure the failure rate in semiconductor devices produced by cosmic-ray neutrons. The energy spectrum of the LANSCE beam is similar to the neutron spectrum produced by cosmic rays but 8 orders of magnitude greater. This presentation will describe the methodology of these tests.

Steve Wender

Steve Wender is presently the Group Leader of the Neutron and Nuclear Science Group at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. His research interests include using neutrons to address issues in basic and applied science. His current basic research efforts involve inelastic neutron-proton scattering (neutron-proton Bremsstrahlung) and radiative neutron-proton capture experiments in the energy range of interest for cosmology. His applied interests include developing techniques to test semiconductor devices for neutron-induced failures.

Steve Wender received his BS degree from the City College of the City University of New York in 1968 and a doctorate degree from the University of Iowa in 1973. He has worked at McMaster University, Duke University-Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, and the Svedberg Laboratory (Sweden).

Steve Wender was the chairman of the organizing committee for the 10th International Symposium on Neutron Capture Gamma Spectroscopy and Related Topics (1999); Member of the Program Committee of this conference 1990, 1993,1996; Organizer of the LANSCE workshop on High-Energy Neutron Irradiation of Electronics (1998); Member of the Program Committee for the International Conference on Accelerator-Driven Transmutation Technologies (1994,1996); Chairman of the Neutron Program Advisory Committee (1992,1993); Organizer of the Workshop on Neutron-Proton Bremsstrahlung (1990); Organizer of Workshop on Fast Neutron Capture (1990).

Fellow of American Physical Society 1995; Award for Excellence in Industrial Partnerships 1996 (LANL).