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Adiabatic light guide with S-shaped strips

Wojtsekhowski, B.·Brash, E. J.·Franklin, G. B.·Rosso, A.·Sarty, A.·Shahinyan, A.·Zimmerman, E.
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A light guide is an essential part of many scintillator counters and light collection systems. Our main interest is a light guide for a thin, wide scintillator that has high light transmission while converting the area of the light source to the shape of a photo-detector. Here, we propose a variation of the light guide that avoids a 90° twist of the strips, reduces the length of the light pipe, and reduces the complexity of production. Detailed Monte Carlo simulation studies have been performed for a three-strip S-shaped light-guide system.

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Wojtsekhowski, B., Brash, E. J., Franklin, G. B., Rosso, A., Sarty, A., Shahinyan, A., Zimmerman, E.. 2024-10-03. Adiabatic light guide with S-shaped strips. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0218512

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