Liquid scintillator core fibers with polymer claddings

Author

Kefford, D. ; Pisani, R. ; Scronfani, D. ; Wall, D. ; Winn, D.R. ; Hurlbut, C. ; Moser, W. ; Arthurs, E. ; Buzel, G. ; Drozdowicz, Z.B. ; Hinman, C. ; LaPierre, C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Fairfield Univ., CT, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

25-31 Oct 1992

Firstpage

296

Abstract

Flexible liquid scintillator core optical fibers designed to be an alternative to plastic scintillating fibers, especially in forward scintillating fiber calorimetry, are described. The liquid scintillator fiber light-guides use polymer tubing claddings to contain a liquid scintillator core, adapted from liquid core lightguides. Light yields and attenuation lengths are suitable for high-energy calorimeters. About 200 liquid fibers were manufactured in a 40 cm length and installed in a Pb block 12 cm×12 cm×22 cm deep to make a test electromagnetic calorimeter with a 11% core packing fraction

Keywords

light absorption; optical fibres; polymers; scintillation counters; attenuation lengths; forward scintillating fiber calorimetry; light yields; liquid scintillator core optical fibers; polymer claddings; Calorimetry; Magnetic materials; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical polymers; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical surface waves; Plastics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1992., Conference Record of the 1992 IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0884-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1992.301232

Filename

301232