Quality Control Studies of Wavelength Shifting Fibers for a Scintillator-Based Tail Catcher Muon Tracker for Linear Collider Prototype Detector

Author

Dyshkant, A. ; Beznosko, D. ; Blazey, G. ; Fisk, E. ; Hahn, E. ; Rykalin, V. ; Wayne, M. ; Zutshi, V.

Author_Institution

Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL

Volume

53

Issue

6

fYear

2006

Firstpage

3944

Lastpage

3948

Abstract

Detailed measurements of the wavelength shifting fiber response to a stable and reliable light source are presented. Particulars about materials, a double reference method, and measurement technique are included. The fibers studied were several hundred Kuraray, Y-11, multiclad, 1.2-mm outer diameter wavelength shifting fibers, each cut from a reel to about one meter length. The fibers were polished, mirrored, and the mirrors were UV epoxy protected. Each fiber passed quality control requirements before installation. About 94% of the fibers tested have a response within 1% of the overall mean

Keywords

muon detection; position sensitive particle detectors; solid scintillation detectors; UV epoxy protected mirrors; Y-11 fibers; double reference method; linear collider prototype detector; mirrored fibers; multiclad fibers; polished fibers; quality control studies; reliable light source; scintillator-based tail catcher muon tracker; wavelength shifting fibers; Detectors; Light sources; Measurement techniques; Mesons; Mirrors; Optical fiber testing; Prototypes; Quality control; Tail; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2006.885794

Filename

4033243