Title :
Radiation effects on YAG:Ce scintillating fiber
Author :
Singleton, Briana J. ; Jones, Bradley S. ; Bickley, Abigail A. ; Petrosky, James C. ; McClory, John W. ; Kowash, Benjamin R.
Author_Institution :
Air Force Inst. of Technol., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA
Abstract :
The performance of thin, cerium activated, yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG:Ce), scintillating fiber-shaped crystals were investigated following ion irradiation. The optical behavior of the YAG:Ce fibers was simulated using DETECT2000, a Monte Carlo based software program designed to model the optical properties of scintillators. The fibers were exposed to a focused beam of 0.5 and 1 MeV electrons. Fiber light output and color shift were analyzed following irradiation.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; ion beam effects; position sensitive particle detectors; solid scintillation detectors; yttrium compounds; DETECT2000 simulation; Monte Carlo based software program; YAG:Ce; color shift; electron volt energy 0.5 MeV; electron volt energy 1 MeV; fiber light output; ion irradiation; radiation effect; scintillating fiber; yttrium aluminum garnet; Atmospheric measurements; Companies; Energy measurement; Optical fibers; Optical refraction; Optical variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Valencia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0118-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6154389
