NDLI: Factors Influencing Time Resolution of Scintillators and Ways to Improve Them

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Author	Lecoq, P. Auffray, E. Brunner, S. Hillemanns, H. Jarron, P. Knapitsch, A. Meyer, T. Powolny, F.
Copyright Year	1963
Abstract	The renewal of interest in Time of Flight Positron Emission Tomography (TOF-PET), as well as the necessity to precisely tag events in high energy physics (HEP) experiments at future colliders are pushing for an optimization of all factors affecting the time resolution of the whole acquisition chain comprising the crystal, the photo detector, and the electronics. The time resolution of a scintillator-based detection system is determined by the rate of photo electrons at the detection threshold, which depends on the time distribution of photons being converted in the photo detector. The possibility to achieve time resolution of about 100 ps Full Width at Half Maximum (FWHM) requires an optimization of the light production in the scintillator, the light transport and its transfer from the scintillator to the photo detector. In order to maximize the light yield, and in particular the density of photons in the first nanosecond, while minimizing the rise time and decay time, particular attention must be paid to the energy transfer mechanisms to the activator as well as to the energy transition type at the activator ion. Alternatively other light emission mechanisms can be considered. We show that particularly Cerenkov emission can be used for this purpose. Special emphasis was put on the light transport within the crystal and at its interface with the photo detector. Since light is produced isotropically in the scintillator the detector geometry must be optimized to decrease the optical path-length to the photo detector. Moreover light bouncing within the scintillator, affecting about 70% of the photons generated in currently used crystals, must be reduced as much as possible. We also investigate photonics crystals that are specifically designed to favor specific light propagation modes at the limit of total reflection inside and outside of the crystal and how they might increase the light transfer efficiency to the photo detector and hence improve time resolution. Examples for the production and deposition of photonics crystals as layers on Lutetium Yttrium Ortho-Silicate (LYSO) and Lutetium Yttrium Aluminum Perovskite (LuYAP) crystals are shown here, as well as first results on an improved light extraction resulting from this method.
Sponsorship	IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Computer Applications in Nuclear and Plasma Sciences (CANPS) Lawrence Berkeley Lab. Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab. APS College of William and Mary Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility NASA Defence Nuclear Agency Sandia National Laboratories Jet Propulsion Laboratory Brookhaven Nat. Lab. Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab IEEE/NPPS Radiat. Effects Committee Defence Nuclear Agency/DoD Sandia National Laboratories/DOE Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA Phillips Lab./DoD
Starting Page	2411
Ending Page	2416
Page Count	6
File Size	1122223
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ISSN	00189499
Volume Number	57
Issue Number	5
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-10-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Photonic crystals Energy resolution Detectors Production Yttrium Positron emission tomography Event detection Aerospace electronics Electrons Energy exchange timing resolution Cerenkov PET photonic crystal photostatistics time-of-flight
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nuclear and High Energy Physics Electrical and Electronic Engineering Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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