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Conventional scintillator-based X-ray imaging typically captures the full spectral of X-ray photons without distinguishing their energy. However, the absence of X-ray spectral information often results in insufficient image contrast,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-08-15 Peng Ran , Qingrui Yao , Juan Hui , Yirong Su , Lurong Yang , Cuifang Kuang , Xu Liu , Yang , Yang

This study constructs a hybrid module with a multi-material collaborative detection architecture by integrating silicon pixel layers into the longitudinally segmented scintillating fiber sampling calorimeter module and optimizes the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-09-30 Jia-Le Fei , Ao Yuan , Chang-Heng Huang , Liu-Pan An , Ji-Ke Wang

Semiconductors are by now well-established targets for direct detection of MeV to GeV dark matter via scattering off electrons. We show that semiconductor targets can also detect significantly lighter dark matter via an absorption process.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-04-17 Yonit Hochberg , Tongyan Lin , Kathryn M. Zurek

The evolution of X-ray detection technology has significantly enhanced sensitivity and spatial resolution in non-destructive imaging of internal structure. However, the problem of low luminescence and transparency of scintillator materials…

Optics · Physics 2025-07-16 Tatsunori Shibuya , Eichi Terasawa , Hiromi Kimura , Takeshi Fujiwara

The matrices formed of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are very promising photosensors for the scintillation detectors. The use of SiPM matrices with appropriate optical collector gives, in principle, a possibility to do a snapshot of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-12 I. M. Dzaparova , A. M. Gangapshev , Yu. M. Gavrilyuk , V. B. Petkov , A. V. Sergeev , V. I. Volchenko , S. P. Yakimenko , A. F. Yanin

Plastic scintillation detectors represent an efficient, cost-effective, customizable solution for assessment of gamma radiation fields in the context of nuclear security, environmental radiation survey, radiological and nuclear incidents…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-12-08 Paolo Tancioni , Ulisse Gendotti

In recent years, demand for scintillation detectors with high time resolution (better than 100 ps) has emerged in high-energy physics and medical imaging applications. In particular, time of flight positron emission tomography (TOF-PET) can…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-09-14 V. S. Shevelev , A. V. Ishchenko , A. S. Vanetsev , V. Nagirnyi , S. I. Omelkov

Scintillators have been widely used in X-ray imaging due to their ability to convert high-energy radiation into visible light, making them essential for applications such as medical imaging and high-energy physics. Recent advances in the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-04-14 Seokhwan Min , Seou Choi , Simo Pajovic , Sachin Vaidya , Nicholas Rivera , Shanhui Fan , Marin Soljačić , Charles Roques-Carmes

An ideal solar thermal absorber has a sharp transition between high and low absorptance at the wavelength where the blackbody emissive power begins to exceed the solar irradiance. However, most real selective absorbers have a fairly broad…

Optics · Physics 2022-04-12 Eric J. Tervo , Myles A. Steiner

Superfluid $^4$He is a promising target material for direct detection of light ($<$ 1 GeV) dark matter. Possible signal channels available for readout in this medium include prompt photons, triplet excimers, and roton and phonon…

The recent discovery that GaAs(Si,B) is a bright cryogenic scintillator with no apparent afterglow offers new opportunities for detecting rare, low-energy, electronic excitations from interacting dark matter. This paper presents Monte Carlo…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-09-04 Stephen E. Derenzo

Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are a good alternative to photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) because their gain and quantum efficiency are comparable to PMTs. However, the largest single-chip SiPM is still less than 1~cm$^2$. In order to use…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-11-17 Felix Liang , Hartmut Brands , Les Hoy , Jeff Preston , Jason Smith

Xenon is a widely used detector target material due to its excellent scintillation properties in the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum. The additional use of infrared (IR) scintillation light could improve future detectors. However, a comprehensive…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-06-12 Mona Piotter , Dominick Cichon , Robert Hammann , Florian Jörg , Luisa Hötzsch , Teresa Marrodán Undagoitia

Thin film detectors which incorporate semiconductor materials other than silicon have the potential to build upon their unique material properties and offer advantages such as faster response times, operation at room temperature, and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-04-22 Sungjoon Kim , Manoj B. Jadhav , Vikas Berry , Jessica E. Metcalfe , Anirudha V. Sumant

The integrated optical circuit is a promising architecture for the realization of complex quantum optical states and information networks. One element that is required for many of these applications is a high-efficiency photon detector…

Several types of detectors are used to detect charged particles in particle and nuclear physics experiments. Since the semiconductor detector has superior spatial and kinematic resolutions as well as good response time than other types of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-02 Beomkyu Kim , Jeongsu Bok , Jaeyoon Cho , Jiyeon Cho , Jiyeon Kwon , Hyungjun Lee , Minjung Kweon

In the Energy Frontier we suggest developing high rate (100 MHz) finely segmented forward calorimetry preradiators with time resolution <50 ps which will survive the first 1-2 Lint of incident high radiation doses, protecting forward…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-03-21 David R Winn , Yasar Onel

A new type of neutron detector, named Stack Structure Solid organic Scintillator (S$^4$), consisting of multi-layer plastic scintillators with capability to suppress low-energy $\gamma$ rays under high-counting rate has been constructed and…

We present prototype modules for a tracking detector consisting of multiple layers of 0.25 mm diameter scintillating fibers that are read out by linear arrays of silicon photomultipliers. The module production process is described and…

We constructed a gamma-ray detector by combining two types of scintillator array detectors with an MPPC array and evaluated the spectral performance by reading out the signals from the MPPC with a low-power integrated circuit (ASIC)…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-09-16 Daiki Nobashi , Kazutaka Yamaoka , Hiroyasu Tajima , Kazuya Ito