Optical fibers and avalanche photodiodes for scintillator counters

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5128646

Borenstein, S R; Palmer, R B; Strand, R C

Fine hodoscopes can be made of new scintillating optical fibers and one half inch end-on PMT's. An avalanche photodiode with small size and immunity to magnetic fields remains as a tempting new device to be proven as a photodetector for the fibers.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 5128646
• Report Number(s): BNL-28195; CONF-800684-7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

440104* -- Radiation Instrumentation-- High Energy Physics Instrumentation
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DESIGN
FIBER OPTICS
HODOSCOPES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
PERFORMANCE
RADIATION DETECTORS
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
SI SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS