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Published on: May 5, 2016
Liquid filled microstructured optical fiber for x-ray detection
S L DeHaven1, S Albin, W C Kelliher
1NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681, USA. stanton.l.dehaven@nasa.gov
Abstract:
A liquid filled microstructured optical fiber (MOF) is used to detect x-rays. Numerical analysis and experimental observation leads to geometric fiber optics theory for MOF photon transmission. A model using this theory relates the quantity and energy of absorbed x-ray photons to transmitted MOF generated photons. Experimental measurements of MOF photon quantities compared with calculated values show good qualitative agreement. The difference between the calculated and measured values is discussed.
