Effects of stress and strain on scintillating and clear fibers

Author

Chung, M. ; Margulies, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Illinois Univ., Chicago, IL, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

30 Oct-5 Nov 1994

Firstpage

520

Abstract

Among the improvements planned for the 1997-98 upgrade of the DØ detector at Fermilab are installation of a scintillating-fiber central tracker and a lead-scintillator central preshower counter read out with wave-shifting fibers. Because of space limitations, fibers in both systems may need to undergo bends with fairly small radii, and the resulting stresses and strains may cause light losses. This paper presents results of a study of the effects of deformation on fiber light transmission. Particular emphasis is placed on the new multiclad fibers developed by Kuraray

Keywords

bending; fibre optic sensors; solid scintillation detectors; stress effects; DO detector; deformation; fiber light transmission; lead-scintillator central preshower counter read out; multiclad fibers; scintillating clear fibers; scintillating-fiber central tracker; strain; stress; wave-shifting fibers; Capacitive sensors; Optical coupling; Optical detectors; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber testing; Photodetectors; Photodiodes; Physics; Radiation detectors; Stress;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1994., 1994 IEEE Conference Record

Conference_Location

Norfolk, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2544-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1994.474550

Filename

474550