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Stanton DeHaven1, Russell Wincheski2, Sacharia Albin3
1NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681, USA. stanton.l.dehaven@nasa.gov.
Abstract:
Anthracene fibers are grown inside a microstructured quartz matrix to form a multicore optical fiber for X-ray detection. A modified fiber growth method for single crystal anthracene from the melt via the Bridgman-Stockbarger technique is presented. The anthracene fiber is characterized by using spectrophotometry, Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction. These results show the anthracene grown in fiber has high purity and a crystal structure similar to anthracene grown from liquid, vapor, and melt techniques. As an X-ray detector, the output is 12%-16% efficient between the energy ranges of 40 and 10 keV. The effect of materials and fiber processing are discussed.
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