Towards a second generation of metascintillators using the Purcell effect
Optics
2024-06-24 v1 Computational Physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
Medical Physics
Abstract
This study focuses on advancing metascintillators to break the 100 ps barrier and approach the 10 ps target. We exploit nanophotonic features, specifically the Purcell effect, to shape and enhance the scintillation properties of the first-generation metascintillator. We demonstrate that a faster emission is achievable along with a more efficient conversion efficiency. This results in a coincidence time resolution improved by a factor of 1.6, crucial for TOF-PET applications.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2406.15058,
title = {Towards a second generation of metascintillators using the Purcell effect},
author = {Avner Shultzman and Roman Schütz and Yaniv Kurman and Neta Lahav and George Dosovitskiy and Charles Roques-Carmes and Yehonadav Bekenstein and Georgios Konstantinou and Riccardo Latella and Lei Zhang and Francis Loignon-Houle and Antonio J. Gonzalez and José María Benlloch and Ido Kaminer and Paul Lecoq},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.15058},
year = {2024}
}