Improve the Efficiency of Scintillation Detectors Using Reflectors Based on Photonic Crystals Arrays

M. F. Eissa, Arafa H. Aly

Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt..

DOI: 10.4236/jemaa.2014.62004                

Abstract

In the present work, we designed the new type of photonic crystals (PCs) as reflectors. Reflections from single layer of Al₂O₃/MgO PC help us in recapturing the light that does escape from the scintillation surface. Photonic crystals in one dimension array of Al₂O₃ and MgO with silver at periodicities N = 1, 2 and 3 were used as a reflector around the surface of the scintillation volume. Scintillation detectors are widely used in nuclear medicine. The efficiency is an important parameter for characterizing the capability of the detectors. The counting efficiency of the detectors depends on the light emission induced by radiation. The light then was converted by the photomultiplier tube into electrical pulses. The efficiency may increase by an amount of 1.64% if MgO-Ag photonic crystals are used at periodicity N = 1 as a reflector.

Keywords

TMM; Photonic Crystals; Scintillation Detectors; Radiation; Photonic Band Gap

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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