Optical properties of quantum-dot-doped liquid scintillators

C. Aberle, J. J. Li, S. Weiss, L. Winslow

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Abstract

Semiconductor nanoparticles (quantum dots) were studied in the context of liquid scintillator development for upcoming neutrino experiments. The unique optical and chemical properties of quantum dots are particularly promising for the use in neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments. Liquid scintillators for large scale neutrino detectors have to meet specific requirements which are reviewed, highlighting the peculiarities of quantum-dot-doping. In this paper, we report results on laboratory-scale measurements of the attenuation length and the fluorescence properties of three commercial quantum dot samples. The results include absorbance and emission stability measurements, improvement in transparency due to filtering of the quantum dot samples, precipitation tests to isolate the quantum dots from solution and energy transfer studies with quantum dots and the fluorophore PPO.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberP10015
JournalJournal of Instrumentation
Volume8
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Oct 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics; Neutrino detectors
  • Scintillators, scintillation and light emission processes (solid, gas and liquid scintillators)

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Mathematical Physics
  • Instrumentation

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