Glasses as active and passive components for scintillating fiber detectors

Walter P. Siegmund; Peter A. Nass; Jean-Paul Fabre; Wilfred Flegel; Viktor Zacek; Giuseppe Martellotti; Gaston Wilquet

doi:10.1117/12.142563

2 February 1993 Glasses as active and passive components for scintillating fiber detectors

Walter P. Siegmund, Peter A. Nass, Jean-Paul Fabre, Wilfred Flegel, Viktor Zacek, Giuseppe Martellotti, Gaston Wilquet

Proceedings Volume 1737, Neutrons, X Rays, and Gamma Rays: Imaging Detectors, Material Characterization Techniques, and Applications; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.142563
Event: San Diego '92, 1992, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Scintillating fibers are of growing interest in high energy physics for applications in calorimetry and in tracking detectors At present plastic scintillating fibers are mainly used in these applications because of their high light yield and their fast decay rates; however, in thin fibers, required for high spatial resolution, these suffer from low attenuation lengths. Moreover, cross-talk is still a severe problem. As alternatives we will discuss the following two concepts: (1) using Ce- and Tb-doped multicomponent glasses as active core material of glass fibers and (2) using liquid scintillator filled glass capillary arrays. The optical properties of the rare earth doped glasses are described and the scintillation efficiency of the fibers and fiber bundles utilizing these glasses as core material are presented. Broader applications appear to the possible with liquid scintillator filled capillary arrays. Suitable liquid scintillators with high refractive index solvents and locally emitting solutes with high yields, short decay times and large Stokes-shifts are available. Arrays can be produced with and without extra mural absorber in various sizes and shapes. Theoretical estimates show that reflection losses at the liquid/glass interface do not effect the overall transmission up to length/diameter ratios of 10⁵. In addition recent results have shown that the system resists radiation doses in the 100 kGy range. Further experimental results obtained at CERN with these arrays will be discussed.

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Walter P. Siegmund, Peter A. Nass, Jean-Paul Fabre, Wilfred Flegel, Viktor Zacek, Giuseppe Martellotti, and Gaston Wilquet "Glasses as active and passive components for scintillating fiber detectors", Proc. SPIE 1737, Neutrons, X Rays, and Gamma Rays: Imaging Detectors, Material Characterization Techniques, and Applications, (2 February 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.142563

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