Title :
Measurement of plastic scintillating fiber properties with avalanche photodiodes
Author :
Yasuda, T. ; Grimes, A. ; Hulbert, M. ; Leedom, I.D. ; Reucroft, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
Preliminary results of tests using avalanche photodiodes operated in the Geiger mode are presented. Light yields and attenuation lengths of plastic scintillating fibers of diameters 0.875 mm phi and 2 mm phi were measured with the avalanche photodiodes. The detection efficiency of the 1.5 mm phi fiber for ionizing particles is estimated based on these results.<>
Keywords :
avalanche photodiodes; position sensitive particle detectors; scintillation counters; 0.875 mm; 1.5 mm; 2 mm; Geiger mode; attenuation lengths; avalanche photodiodes; detection efficiency; ionizing particles; light yields; plastic scintillating fiber properties; Attenuation measurement; Avalanche photodiodes; Diodes; Length measurement; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber testing; Packaging; Plastics; Q measurement; Telescopes;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1991., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Fe, NM, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0513-2
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.1991.258978
