Novel imaging technique for alpha-particles using a fast optical camera

G. D'Amen; M. Keach; Andrei Nomerotski; Peter Svihra; A. Tricoli

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/16/02/P02006

Novel imaging technique for alpha-particles using a fast optical camera

G. D'Amen^*, M. Keach, Andrei Nomerotski, Peter Svihra, A. Tricoli

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Department of Physics & Astronomy

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Abstract

A new imaging technique for α-particles using a fast optical camera focused on a thin scintillator is presented. As α-particles interact in a thin layer of LYSO fast scintillator, they produce a localized flash of light. The light is collected with a lens to an intensified optical camera, Tpx3Cam, with single photon sensitivity and excellent spatial & temporal resolutions. The interactions of photons with the camera is reconstructed by means of a custom algorithm, capable of discriminating single photons using time and spatial information.

Original language	English
Article number	P02006
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	16
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/16/02/P02006
Publication status	Published - 5 Feb 2021

Keywords

Particle identification methods
Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (solid-state)
Pixelated detectors and associated VLSI electronics
Timing detectors

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