• DocumentCode
    3645883
  • Title

    Optical scattering length of LYSO scintillator crystals

  • Author

    Cecília O. Steinbach;Ferenc Ujhelyi;Gábor Erdei;Emőke Lőrincz

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Atomic Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budafoki ú
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    2653
  • Lastpage
    2656
  • Abstract
    We present a new method for the determination of the scattering length of optical photons in scintillator crystals. The new method, based on the direct measurement of the scattered light is compared with the usually applied indirect method. Investigating different samples from two manufacturers, scattering length of 0.55...6.8 m at 405 nm wavelength, and more than 80 m at 532 nm wavelength was determined. Dependence of the scattering length on the polarization of the light, as well as on the crystal sample and its orientation is also discussed.
  • Keywords
    "Optical variables measurement","Crystals","Laser beams","Bismuth","Optical attenuators","Positrons","Optical scattering"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2011 IEEE
  • ISSN
    1082-3654
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0118-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6152711
  • Filename
    6152711