Optimal coupling of light from a cylindrical scintillator into an optical fiber

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 397-404

  Elsey, Justin ^a   McKenzie, David R ^b   Lambert, Jamil ^b   Suchowerska, Natalka ^c   Law, Sue L ^b   Fleming, Simon C ^b  

^a Bandwidth Foundry Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODETECTORS;

CYLINDRICAL SCINTILLATOR; OPTICAL COUPLING EFFICIENCY; RADIATION DOSE;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33847265727     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.000397     Document Type: Article

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