Results of a low dose rate irradiation of selected plastic scintillating fibers

Author

Zorn, Carl ; Kross, Brian ; Majewski, Stan ; Wojcik, Randolph ; Johnson, Kurtis F.

Author_Institution

Continuous Electron Beam Accel. Fac., Newport News, VA, USA

Volume

39

Issue

5

fYear

1992

fDate

10/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1205

Lastpage

1211

Abstract

A series of high-dose-rate and low-dose-rate irradiations of a large sample of plastic scintillating fibers has been completed. Measurement results of the transmission characteristics of the fibers are presented. The transmission measurements showed striking features: (1) those fibers irradiated slowly in air suffered the greatest level of damage, (2) the fibers irradiated rapidly, and then allowed to recover, displayed the least amount of damage, and (3) fibers irradiated slowly in argon displayed a level of damage intermediate between the other two. One fiber, the green-emitting SCSF-Y8, was the only exception, and showed no difference in the level of damage observed in the three modes of irradiation

Keywords

radiation effects; scintillation counters; Ar; air; green-emitting SCSF-Y8; low dose rate irradiation; plastic scintillating fibers; transmission characteristics; Argon; Displays; Electron accelerators; Electron beams; Filters; Large Hadron Collider; Optical fibers; Optical waveguides; Plastics; Radiation detectors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.173179

Filename

173179