Wavelength shifters for applications in liquid argon detectors

2020/12/31 by Marcin Kuźniak, Andrzej M. Szelc · 39 citations
Chemistry · Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Argon #Current (fluid) #Detector #Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Spectroscopy and Laser Applications #Wavelength #Work (physics) #astro-ph.IM #hep-ex #nucl-ex #physics.ins-det

paper · pdf · open access · doi:10.3390/instruments5010004

published in Instruments 5(1), 4 (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)

openalex publication_date 2020/12/31 · openalex created_date 2021/01/05 · arxiv created 2022/03/15 · arxiv updated 2022/03/17 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Wavelength shifters and their applications for liquid argon detectors have been a subject of extensive R&D over the past decade. This work reviews the most recent results in this field. We compare the optical properties and usage details together with the associated challenges for various wavelength shifting solutions. We discuss the current status and potential future R&D directions for the main classes of wavelength shifters.

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