Scintillating fibers and waveguides for tracking applications

Journal Article · Mon Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1991 · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

OSTI ID:5090379

Atac, M; Anway, C; Buchanan, C; Chrisman, D; Cline, D; Kolonko, J ^[1]; Baumbaugh, A; Berge, P; Binkley, M; Bross, A D; Clark, A; Elias, J; Finley, D; Foster, G W; Gaillard, J M; Kephart, R; Dalmau, A P; Tkaczyk, S; Wagner, R ^[2]

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1. California Univ., Los Angeles, CA (United States)
2. Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (United States)

This paper reports on the development of a test facility to study the light transmission properties of scintillating fiber waveguides for tracking applications in High Energy Physics. A light-tight box two meters in length has been built, and data acquisition hardware and software is in place for testing various aspects of scintillating fibers and waveguides. Scintillating fibers have been excited with radioactive sources, UV light sources and LEDs. Various photodetectors such as photomultiplier tubes, photodiodes, CCDs and solid state photomultipliers (SSPMs) have been utilized to detect the transmitted light. In this paper the authors present studies of attenuation length and transmission through splices.

• OSTI ID: 5090379
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Vol. 38; ISSN 0018-9499; ISSN IETNA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

440104* -- Radiation Instrumentation-- High Energy Physics Instrumentation
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
FIBERS
HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
LIGHT TRANSMISSION
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PARTICLE TRACKS
PHOTODETECTORS
PHOTODIODES
PHOTOMULTIPLIERS
PHOTOTUBES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICS
RADIATION SOURCES
SCINTILLATIONS
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES
WAVEGUIDES