Optimization of light yield by injecting an optical filler into the co-extruded hole of the plastic scintillation bar

摘要

The light yield of 2-m long extruded scintillation bars (strips) are measured with cosmic muons as a function of the distance for different options of the light collection technique. The strips with a 2.6-mm diameter central co-extruded hole were made of polystyrene with the 2% PTP and 0.03% POPOP dopants at ISMA (Kharkov, Ukraine). It is shown that the optical transparent BC-600 or CKTN-MED(E) resin injected by a special technique into the co-extruded hole with a 1.0-mm or 1.2-mm Kuraray Y11 (200) MC wave-length shifting (WLS) fiber in it improves light collection by a factor of 1.6–1.9 against the "dry" case.