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    Enhancing Large-Area Scintillator Detection with Photonic Crystal Cavities
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    • Wenzheng Ye
      Wenzheng Ye
      School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
      CNRS-International-NTU-THALES Research Alliance (CINTRA), Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637553, Singapore
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      Orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4697-8675
    • Gregory Bizarri
      Gregory Bizarri
      School of Aerospace, Transport, Manufacturing and Materials, Cranfield University, Cranfield MK43 0AL, U.K.
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    • Muhammad Danang Birowosuto*
      Muhammad Danang Birowosuto
      Łukasiewicz Research Network-PORT Polish Center for Technology Development, Stabłowicka 147, 54-066 Wrocław, Poland
      *Email: [email protected]
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      Orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9997-6841
    • Liang Jie Wong*
      Liang Jie Wong
      School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
      CNRS-International-NTU-THALES Research Alliance (CINTRA), Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637553, Singapore
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    Scintillators are materials that emit visible photons when bombarded by high-energy particles (X-ray, γ-ray, electrons, neutrinos, etc.) and are crucial for applications, including X-ray imaging and high-energy particle detection. Here, we show that one-dimensional (1D) photonic crystal (PhC) cavities, added externally to scintillator materials, can be used to tailor the intrinsic emission spectrum of scintillators via the Purcell effect. The emission spectral peaks can be shifted, narrowed, or split, improving the overlap between the scintillator emission spectrum and the quantum efficiency (QE) spectrum of the photodetector. As a result, the overall photodetector signal can be enhanced by over 200%. The use of external PhC cavities especially benefits thick and large-area scintillators, which are needed to stop particles with ultrahigh energy, as in large-area neutrino detectors. Our findings should pave the way to greater versatility and efficiency in the design of scintillators for applications, including X-ray imaging and positron emission tomography.

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    • Theory of scintillation processes in layered medium; influence of dipole distribution on the scintillator performance; influence of the loss of scintillator material on the Purcell factor and scintillator performance; photonic band structure calculation of one-dimensional photonic crystal based on plane wave expansion; designs with realistic materials; influence of the fabrication error on the scintillation performance; and quantum efficiency of the photodetectors (PDF)

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