DocumentCode
808921
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
Volume
39
Issue
5
fYear
1992
fDate
10/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1384
Lastpage
1388
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/23.173211
Filename
173211
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