A CsI(Tl) detector array used in the experiment of the proton-rich nucleus 17Ne

To investigate the configurations of the valence protons in Borromean nucleus 17Ne, a CsI(Tl) detector array, which consists of 9 CsI crystals (26×26×20mm3) coupled with photodiodes, has been successfully used in the 17Ne experiment to measure the energy of protons. In order to find the optimal working conditions and get the best energy resolutions, several technologies (including various wrapping materials, wrapping and coupling methods) have been used. The testing results showed that the best energy resolution of the CsI(Tl) is about 3.3% using the 241 Am α-source. The primary testing results with the proton beam were also provided.     

Ion-beam sputtering deposition of CsI thin films

Stoichiometric CsI thin films were deposited by Ar ion-beam sputtering of a CsI target at room temperature. The sputtered 100-nm thick CsI films obtained were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and quantum efficiency (QE) measurements. As it was expected, the chemical, morphological, crystalline and photo-emissive properties of CsI films obtained depended on the deposition parameters. Comparison with results obtained for evaporated CsI films indicated that surface morphology, i.e., the effective photo-emissive surface area, is one of the important parameters in influencing the QE . PACS 81.15.-z; 79.60.Dp; 68.37.Ps     

Property measurement of the CsI (Tl) crystal prepared at IMP

Large-sized CsI(T1) single crystals,～Φ100 mmx350 mm,have been grown successfully,and this CsI(Tl) coupled with PD has been successfully utilized at RIBLL (the Radioactive Ion Beam Line in Lanzhou)to measure the energy of heavy ions as a stopping detector.The performances of CsI(Tl) detector coupled with PD and APD have been tested and compared,including the temperature dependence of scintillating light yield.     

Simulation of 12C+12C elastic scattering at high energy by using the Monte Carlo method

The Monte Carlo method is used to simulate the ¹²C+¹²C reaction process. Taking into account the size of the incident ¹²C beam spot and the thickness of the ¹²C target, the distributions of scattered ¹²C on the MWPC and the CsI detectors at a detective distance have been simulated. In order to separate elastic scattering from the inelastic scattering with 4.4 MeV excited energy, we set several variables: the kinetic energy of incident ¹²C, the thickness of the ¹²C target, the ratio of the excited state, the wire spacing of the MWPC, the energy resolution of the CsI detector and the time resolution of the plastic scintillator. From the simulation results, the preliminary establishment of the experiment system can be determined to be that the beam size of the incident ¹²C is φ 5 mm, the incident kinetic energy is 200-400 A MeV, the target thickness is 2 mm, the ratio of the excited state is 20%, the ight distance of scattered ¹²C is 3 m, the energy resolution of the CsI detectors is 1%, the time resolution of the plastic scintillator is 0.5%, and the size of the CsI detectors is 7 cm×7 cm, and we need at least 16 CsI detectors to cover a 0° to 5° angular distribution.     

Comparisons of spectral properties of CsI:T1 crystals with various Tl(+)-doped concentrations

Absorption Spectra and Photoluminescence (PL) spectra of CsI: T1 crystals with various T1+-concentrations were measured for absorption and luminescent research in CsI: T1. Their UV absorption spectra contained three peaks at 297, 273 and 247 nm. The experiments were demonstrated that the peaks in the high T(1+)-concentration CsI: T1 crystals are broader than ones in the low T(1+)-concentration crystals and their absorption A-peak shift by 20 nm, but their PL with UV excitations are similar. It was suggested that lattice distortions in the high T1+-concentration CsI: T1 lead to the changes in absorption or fluorescence excitation peaks, but no changes in the fluorescence band widths and locations at room temperature.     

Experimental Study on Image Shrinkage in a Planar Crystal γ Camera

The effect of the crystal's type and treatment on the performance of gamma camera consisting of planar crystal and position sensitive photomulitiplier tube (PSPMT) is studied via experiment. The results demonstrate that: (1) treatment of the edge surface of the crystal is very sensitive to the shrinkage of image, and the side-absorptionsurface is the best choice; (2) the intrinsic spatial resolution of the CsI (T1) crystal camera is worse due to its low light yield: in the center part it is - 1cm (FWHM) for 2mm aperture collirnated 241Am source; while using NaI(T1) crystal, it is -4mm.     

STUDY ON RADIATION DAMAGE OF CHINESE-MADE HIGH-Z SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS

Radiation damage effects of several Chinese-made high-Z scintillation crystals have been studied on a ⁶⁰Co irradiation unit of 100KCi Results on small size BGO crystals irradiated by 60Co γ rays with various doses from 5×10³ to 7.5×10⁵rad are presented.The decrease in scintillation light output depends non-linearly on the dose applied and saturation effects above 5×10⁴rad have been observed.The spontaneous recovery of the light output can be described by the sum of at least three exponential functions.The radiation damage effects of small size BaF₂,CsI(Tl) and ZnWO₄ crystals at 5×10⁵rad were also investigated.Serious damage to BaF₂ has been found.Preliminary analyses indicate that this may be attributed to the inclusion of certain critical elements in the crystal.CsI(T1) after irradiation does not exhibit strong afterglow of noticeable coloration as were reported in the literature.     

聚乙烯-碘化铯中子阴极的最佳化

本文的中子阴级由聚乙烯、导电基底(Al)和碘化铯二次电子发射体组成.文中建立了一个此中子阴级的新的物理模型,并采用Monte Carlo方法模拟了中子同阴极作用产生低能二次电子的物理过程.模拟得到的出射二次电子能谱和产额与实验结果和理论分析符合得较好.我们还得到了最大探测效率时各中子阴极组分的最佳厚度.     

Novel MEMS variable optical attenuator

A novel MEMS variable optical attenuator (VOA), which has completely different attenuation mechanism from those in literatures, is proposed and demonstrated in this paper. The basic operation principle is that the optical power coupled between two initially aligned single-mode fibers will be continuously attenuated while the end of one of the fibers is deflected from the initial position. A micromachined solenoid type inductor with a U-shaped permalloy magnetic core is used to attract the deflectable fiber that has a permalloy coat on its end. To fabricate the multi-layer three-dimensional inductive component, a new UV-LIGA process for thick photoresists is developed, combining advantages of both SU-8 and AZ-4000 series photoresists. The inductive component is approximately 1.7 mm×1.3 mm×50μm in size and has a low resistance value (- 2.1Ω). The whole size of the VOA before packaging is 30 mmx2 mmx0.6 mm. The first prototype shows less then 3-dB insertion loss at 0-dB attenuation and nearly 40-dB att     

Role of apparent diffusion coefficient values for the differentiation of viable and necrotic areas of breast cancer and its potential utility to guide voxel positioning for MRS in the absence of dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI data

We carried out retrospective analysis of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values in 48 infiltrating ductal breast cancer patients who had dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCEMRI; Group I) and in 53 patients (Group II) for whom DCEMRI data were not available. Twenty-three patients of Group I showed no necrosis (Group Ia), while in 25 patients, both viable (nonnecrotic) and necrotic tumor areas (Group Ib) were observed on DCEMRI. T1-weighted, fat-suppressed and short inversion recovery images were used to identify the viable and necrotic tumor areas in Group II patients, and necrosis was not seen in 11 patients (Group IIa), while 42 (Group IIb) showed both viable and necrotic tumor areas. The ADCs of the necrotic area of Group Ib (1.79±0.30 ×10(-3) mm(2)/s) and Group IIb (1.83±0.40 ×10(-3) mm(2)/s) patients were similar and significantly higher (P<.01) compared to the ADCs of the viable tumor area of Group Ia (0.96±0.21 ×10(-3) mm(2)/s) and Group IIa (0.90±0.17 ×10(-3) mm(2)/s) patients. Proton MR spectroscopy (MRS) data were also available in these patients, and the ADC values were retrospectively determined from the voxel from which MR spectrum was obtained. These values were compared with the ADC obtained for the viable and necrotic areas of the tumor. ADC of the MRS voxel was similar to that obtained for the viable tumor area in patients of both groups. This interesting observation reveals the potential utility of using ADC values to identify viable tumor area for positioning of voxel for MRS in the absence of DCEMRI data.     

大口径永磁体法拉第旋光器

报道了一种通光孔径40mm的永磁体大口径法拉第旋光器,其外型尺寸为154mm×154mm×240mm,重量约为30kg.测量结果表明在法拉第旋光器的有效通光面内,光偏振面旋转角的径向分布均匀性优于±3°.提出了通过改变通光面中心处的预置光旋转角来改善法拉第光隔离器的积分透过率及积分光隔离度,并给出了光隔离器积分透过率及积分隔离度与对称中心预置角的关系曲线.     

散射环境下钨的质量吸收系数测量

在30 MeV的射频加速器上进行的原理性实验及在60Co放射源上的定量测量实验已证明了理论推导的CsI∶T1晶体对X光响应具有线性的结论.而在实际应用中,由于各种散射因素的影响可能使这种线性关系变坏而给处理带来困难；利用钨台阶在12 MeV LIA的实验环境下完成了CsI∶T1晶体对X光响应的研究,对一些散射因素进行了分析,说明在一定的条件下仍然能够获得较好的线性响应,同时对钨在相应条件下的质量吸收系数进行了测量,结果为0.806～0.823,误差约在2.0％以内.     

Size-induced effect on cathode luminescence spectra of CsI(Na) and CsI(Tl) crystals

We investigated the cathode luminescence characteristics of CsI(Na)and CsI(Tl)crystals by the spectrum and structure properties at room temperature.We fabricated three different sizes of CsI(Na)and CsI(Tl)crystals and measured their luminescence spectra under cathode rays.We found that CsI(Na)cathode luminescence peaks appear at 420 and 305 nm,and CsI(Tl)cathode luminescence peaks are 540 and 410 nm,the grain size affects CsI(Na)luminescence significantly,and the Na-related420 nm luminescence intensified relatively when the average grain size reaches~20μm,which becomes weak when the grain size is down to nano-scale.But the cathode luminescence spectra of CsI(Tl)crystals with different size have no obvious changes.Our explanations for these phenomena are that the different impurities in the same host material CsI lead to different luminescence mechanisms.These cathode luminescence characteristics indicate the suitability of CsI(Na)and CsI(Tl)crystals to match photomultiplier tube for large area crystal detector development.     

Fragmentation cross-section of relativistic oxygen ions and determination of overlap parameter

Fragmentation cross-section of¹⁶O relativistic ions, at two different energies, was measured in CsI crystal. An experiment designed basically to study primary cosmic ray nuclei, was exposed to monoenergetic beam of¹⁶O ions of bevatron. Fragmentation of the ions was observed in a two layer CsI target. Each CsI crystal was 1 inch thick. The main energy of the beam was 2.1 GeV/nucleon. A subsidiary beam of 0.5 GeV/nucleon oxygen-ions was created for this experiment alone. The number of fragmentations occurring in each crystal was used to obtain the total fragmentation cross-section at these energies. The Bradt-Peters overlap parameter was derived from these cross-sections. The experiment was designed and fabricated at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA and was performed in the accelerator facilities of the University of California, Berkeley, Calif., USA.     

Comparison of functional parameters of CsI:Tl crystals and thick films

500 mkm thick CsI:Tl columnar films can be produced using thermal evaporation in vacuum by sublimation of the same bulk crystal. Comparison of afterglow and radiation stability of deposited CsI:Tl films with source crystal was the aim of current work. It is shown that the afterglow in the films is always below its level in initial single crystal. It was ascertained that the annealing atmospheres influence the processes leading to the activator depletion of the films during the thermal processing.     

水下气泡高速摄影光学系统设计

为了研究水下气泡的粒径、速度和浓度特性,提出基于高速电荷耦合器件(CCD)的气泡照明和三维摄影光学系统.采用532nm半导体激光器,基于伽利略结构用三个柱面镜设计了厚度1.5mm,宽度44mm的片光源。设计物像距530mm,放大率为0.4,1,2.5倍(×)的摄影光学系统,每组均由共用前组镜和会聚镜组成,中间以平行光中继。通过同步移动片光源和共用前组镜实现60mm×40mm视场内二维高速成像和纵向5mm扫描,具有结构简单、性能可靠的特点。对设计结果进行评价,0.4,1,2.5×成像光学系统在0.707ω,50lp/mm时调制传递函数值分别为0.58,0.55和0.38,能够分辨粒径范围为10～450μm的气泡。     

Monitoring the energy variation of an electron linac using a Cerenkov detector

A new method to monitor the energy variation of a multi-energy electron linac by combining a Cerenkov detector and a CsI(Tl) detector is reported. The signals in the Cerenkov detector show an appreciable but different dependence on the energy of the electron linac from the traditional CsI(T1) detector due to the particular response of the former to charged electrons with high velocity above threshold. The method is more convenient than the HVL (half-value layer) method which is commonly employed to calibrate the energy of an electron linac for real time monitoring. The preliminary validity of the method is verified in a dual-energy electron linac with 6 MeV and 3 MeV gears. Moreover, the method combining the Cerenkov detector and the CsI(Tl) detector is applicable to probe the X-ray spectrum hardened by the inspected material and may serve as a novel tool for material discrimination with effective atomic number in radiation imaging.     

一个高灵敏度中子扫描变像管的设计

 我们设计了一个高探测灵敏度的中子扫描变像管。该管采用电子产额较高的聚乙烯加碘化铯中子阴极。电子光学系统的主要特点是阴极面积大(f10mm),不设置狭缝,电子束的交叉截面聚焦于MCP的前表面。预计此扫描变像管时间分辨率为43ps,可用于探测产额大于1×10⁸个烧蚀靶内爆中子。当靶到阴极距离为几十厘米时,也可用于测量爆推靶内爆中子能谱多普勒展宽,从而确定等离子体离子温度。     

YBCO/聚丙烯腈杂化膜及其超导性研究

报告了一种简单制备不依赖于基底结构的柔性YBCO/聚丙烯腈（PAN）厚膜的新方法.研究结果发现,PAN含量从0增加到10wt%的过程中,全部YBCO/PAN样品的超导临界温度T_c在900—920 K区间,表现出较好的超导电性.而且当PAN含量为10wt%时,YBCO/PAN杂化膜即具有一定柔性,膜厚约35 μm,临界电流密度Jc=29×10⁴Acm^-2(1 T, 10 K)和J< 关键词： 超导电性 YBCO 聚丙烯腈（PAN） 杂化膜     

枕型二维位置敏感探测器的研制

证明了枕型二维位置敏感探测器设计的基本原理———Gear定理,并推导了适用于枕型二维位置敏感探测器的位置计算公式,此外还提出了枕型二维位置敏感探测器的制作工艺和测试结果。采用集成电路工艺所研制的枕型二维位置敏感探测器(光敏面为8 mm×8 mm)表现出良好的光电特性,当反偏为5 V时其暗电流约为15 nA,峰值时的光谱灵敏度超过了0.6 A/W。在所测量的 75%光敏区域内,均方根位置误差约为 0.135 mm,而以均方根位置误差表示的非线性度在1.1%左右,比四边形二维位置敏感探测器的位置线性度提高了近一个数量级。