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

fYear

2011

fDate

23-29 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

1935

Lastpage

1940

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Valencia

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0118-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6154389

Filename

6154389