BCF-XL Series
Starting in 2023, Luxium Solutions introduced the BCF-XL series of scintillating and wavelength shifting fibers with improved, market-leading attenuation length for optimal, reliable performance for a variety of different applications. Properties of our BCF-XL fiber formulations can be found in the table below.
Current sizes range from 0.5 mm to 3 mm round cross-sections and are available in canes, spools, ribbons, and arrays. Custom sizes and designs are available upon request. Fibers > 2mm are available only in cane form to prevent the fiber from retaining the shape of the spool.
Scintillating fibers are well-suited for such applications as Industrial gauging, Calorimeters, Real-time imaging systems.
The flexibility of fibers allows them to conform to surface shapes, yielding geometries superior to those of other types of detectors. Examples are detectors for monitoring pipes or barrels.
Properties
| Fiber Type | Emission Color | Emission Peak, nm | Decay Time, ns | # of Photons per MeV* |
Attenuation Length (m)** |
Characteristics / Applications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCF-10XL | blue | 432 | 2.7 | ~8000 | >4 | General-purpose; optimized for diameters >250μm |
| BCF-12XL | blue | 435 | 3.2 | ~8000 | >4 | Improved transmission for use in long lengths |
| BCF-9998XL | blue | 435 | 3.2 | ~8000 | >4 | Scintillating fiber, optimized for maximum light output in short length canes (<0.5m) |
| BCF-20XL | green | 492 | 2.7 | ~8000 | >4 | Fast green scintillator |
| BCF-60XL | green | 530 | 7 | ~7100 | >4 | 3HF formulation for radiation hardness |
| BCF-91AXL | green | 494 | 12 | n/a | >4 | Shifts blue to green |
| BCF-92XL | green | 492 | 2.7 | n/a | >4 | Fast blue to green shifter |
| BCF-9929AXL | green | 492 | 2.7 | n/a | >4 | Blue to green shifter. Pairs well when exciting wavelengths are >425nm (e.g. injection-molded and extruded scintillators) |
| BCF-9995XL | blue | 450 | 2.7 | n/a | >4 | UV to blue shifter |
| BCF-98XL | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Not Available | Clear waveguide |
* For Minimum Ionizing Particle (MIP), corrected for PMT sensitivity
** For 1mm diameter fiber, measured using Silicon Photodiode
