Characterization of retroreflective tape optical properties for use with position-sensitive scintillator detectors

M. Folsom; P. A. Hausladen; J. P. Hayward; J. Nattress; K. P. Ziock

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2021.165365

Characterization of retroreflective tape optical properties for use with position-sensitive scintillator detectors

M. Folsom, P. A. Hausladen, J. P. Hayward, J. Nattress, K. P. Ziock

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Reflective materials such as Teflon and Enhanced Specular Reflector are commonly used to maximize light collection in scintillator-based radiation detection systems. While effective, in most cases, the spatial information carried by the light is diminished or lost entirely. Retroreflectors, in contrast, better preserve the spatial information and have been shown to improve the localization performance of such systems. In this work, the relative retroreflectivity of a selection of commercial retroreflective tapes and their performance impact when coupled to a plastic scintillator are reported. We demonstrate improved localization performance with some tapes compared to Teflon and black paint.

Original language	English
Article number	165365
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	1005
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165365
State	Published - Jul 21 2021

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Notice: This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan). Notice: This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE) . The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan ( http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan ).

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Light collection
Localization
Performance
Reflectance
Retroreflector
Scintillator

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Folsom, M., Hausladen, P. A., Hayward, J. P., Nattress, J., & Ziock, K. P. (2021). Characterization of retroreflective tape optical properties for use with position-sensitive scintillator detectors. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 1005, Article 165365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165365

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Folsom, M, Hausladen, PA, Hayward, JP, Nattress, J & Ziock, KP 2021, 'Characterization of retroreflective tape optical properties for use with position-sensitive scintillator detectors', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 1005, 165365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165365

Characterization of retroreflective tape optical properties for use with position-sensitive scintillator detectors. / Folsom, M.; Hausladen, P. A.; Hayward, J. P. et al.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 1005, 165365, 21.07.2021.

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