Title :
Development of the wave-shifter fiber readout for SIGHT
Author :
Wilkerson, J. ; Edberg, T.K. ; Hurley, K. ; Lin, R.P. ; Parsons, A. ; Sadoulet, B. ; Weiss, S. ; Smith, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
fDate :
10/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The wave-shifter fiber readout for the gas scintillation drift chamber to be used in the hard X-ray telescope SIGHT is described. The authors present results of light attenuation studies and technical details of handling the fibers in a high-pressure environment. Techniques for coupling optical fibers to photomultiplier tubes in a manner that increases both the quantum efficiency and response uniformity of the tubes are described
Keywords :
nuclear electronics; position sensitive particle detectors; proportional counters; scintillation counters; gas scintillation drift chamber; hard X-ray telescope SIGHT; light attenuation studies; photomultiplier tubes; quantum efficiency; response uniformity; wave-shifter fiber readout; Energy resolution; Fluorescence; Laboratories; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Photomultipliers; Solid scintillation detectors; Telescopes; X-ray imaging; Xenon;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
