TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality control studies of wavelength shifting fibers for a scintillator-based tail catcher muon tracker for linear collider prototype detector
AU - Dyshkant, A.
AU - Beznosko, D.
AU - Blazey, G.
AU - Fisk, E.
AU - Hahn, E.
AU - Rykalin, V.
AU - Wayne, M.
AU - Zutshi, V.
N1 - Funding Information:
Manuscript received June 22, 2006; revised August 28, 2006. This work was supported in part by the U.S. Government of Education Grant #P116Z010035, the Department of Energy, and the State of Illinois Higher Education Cooperation Act. The work at Fermilab was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC02-76CHO3000. A. Dyshkant, D. Beznosko, G. Blazey, V. Rykalin, and V. Zutshi are with the Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115 USA (e-mail: dyshkant@nicadd.niu.edu). E. Fisk and E. Hahn are with the Fermilab, Batavia, IL 60510 USA. M. Wayne is with the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA. Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/TNS.2006.885794
PY - 2006/12
Y1 - 2006/12
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1109/TNS.2006.885794
DO - 10.1109/TNS.2006.885794
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33846273064
VL - 53
SP - 3944
EP - 3948
JO - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
JF - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
SN - 0018-9499
IS - 6
ER -