WAVELENGTH-DEPENDENT LIGHT ATTENUATION IN ORGANIC SCINTILLATORS

Authors
EITEL K GEMMEKE H MASCHUW R RAPP J WOLF J
Citation
K. Eitel et al., WAVELENGTH-DEPENDENT LIGHT ATTENUATION IN ORGANIC SCINTILLATORS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 340(2), 1994, pp. 346-352
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
340
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
346 - 352
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1994)340:2<346:WLAIOS>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A dual beam photometer with a dye laser light source has been develope d to study the strongly wavelength dependent light transport phenomena in organic scintillators. The device is capable of measuring spectral attenuation lengths between several centimetres and 100 m in the wave length range of visible light. The accuracy of the measured intensity ratio was better than 3 x 10(-3). For mineral oil based scintillators the necessity of a wavelength dependent description of light transport in large detectors is demonstrated. A dramatic decrease in transparen cy caused by impurities and characteristic resonances is shown.