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      Scintillating Fiber

      fibers canes
      scintillating fiber ribbon
      spooled scintillating fiber

      A variety of plastic scintillating, wavelength-shifting and light-transmitting fibers are produced for research and industry.  Scintillating fibers consist of a polystyrene-based core and a PMMA cladding. The scintillating core contains a combination of fluorescent dopants selected to produce the desired scintillation, optical and radiation-resistance characteristics. Multi-clad fibers have a second layer of cladding that has an even lower refractive index and, thus, permits total internal reflection at a second boundary. The additional photons guided by multi-clad fibers increase the output signal up to 60% over conventional single-clad fibers.

      Current sizes range from 0.25 mm to 5 mm square or round cross-sections and available in canes, spools, ribbons, and arrays. Fibers > 2mm are available only in cane form to prevent the fiber from retaining the shape of the spool.

      Scintillating fibers are well-suited for such applications as Industrial gauging, Calorimeters, Real-time imaging systems.

       

      Features/Benefits

      Flexibility to conform to the surface shape, yielding geometries superior to those of other types of detectors. Examples are detectors for monitoring pipes or barrels.
       
       

      Specifications

      Fiber Type   Emission Color Emission Peak, nm Decay Time, ns # of Photons per MeV** Characteristics/ Applications
      BCF-10 blue 432 2.7 ~8000 General purpose;  optimized for diameters >250μm
      BCF-12 blue 435 3.2 ~8000 Improved transmission for use in long lengths
      BCF-20 green 492 2.7 ~8000 Fast green scintillator
      BCF-60 green 530 7 ~7100 3HF formulation for radiation hardness
      BCF-91A green 494 12 n/a Shifts blue to green
      BCF-92  green 492 2.7 n/a Fast blue to green shifter
      BCF-98  n/a n/a n/a n/a Clear waveguide
      ** For Minimum Ionizing Particle (MIP), corrected for PMT sensitivity

      Fiber Ribbons

      Scintillating, waveshifting, and light-transmitting single fiber ribbons

       

      Design Parameters

      • Minimum fiber diameter 0.5mm
      • Standard Ribbon Length 2" (50mm) minimum / 130" (3300mm) maximum
        • Contact us for requests outside our standard length dimensions
      • Width 20" (508mm) maximum
      • Ribbon end finish options
        • Rough-Cut Finish: +/- 12.7mm (+/- 0.5”)
        • Diamond-Mill Finish
          <2m length: +/- 0.25mm (+/- 0.010”)
          >2m length: +/- 1mm (+/- 0.0394”)

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