Method and apparatus for creating coherent bundle of scintillating fibers

• Main Authors: Kingon, Angus, Cramer, Avilash, Waltz, Paul, Gupta, Rajiv, Morse, Theodore F, Bull, Christopher
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.09.2019
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; CHEMISTRY; COLORIMETRY; GLASS; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES; MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT,POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED,VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASURING; METALLURGY; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCESIN A PLASTIC STATE; RADIATION PYROMETRY; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; TESTING; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

A method and apparatus to manufacture a coherent bundle of scintillating fibers is disclosed. A method includes providing a collimated bundle having a glass preform with capillaries therethrough known in the industry as a glass capillary array, and infusing the glass capillary array with a scintillating polymer or a polymer matrix containing scintillating nanoparticles.