Reflectance and fluorescence characteristics of PTFE coated with TPB at
  visible, UV, and VUV as a function of thickness

Haefner, J.; Fahs, A.; Ho, J.; Stanford, C.; Guenette, R.; Adams, C.; Almazán, H.; Álvarez, V.; Aparicio, B.; Aranburu, A. I.; Arazi, L.; Arnquist, I. J.; Auria-Luna, F.; Ayet, S.; Azevedo, C. D. R.; Bailey, K.; Ballester, F.; Benlloch-Rodríguez, J. M.; Borges, F. I. G. M.; Bounasser, S.; Byrnes, N.; Cárcel, S.; Carrión, J. V.; Cebrián, S.; Church, E.; Conde, C. A. N.; Contreras, T.; Cossío, F. P.; Denisenko, A. A.; Dey, E.; Díaz, G.; Dickel, T.; Escada, J.; Esteve, R.; Felkai, R.; Fernandes, L. M. P.; Ferrario, P.; Ferreira, A. L.; Foss, F. W.; Freitas, E. D. C.; Freixa, Z.; Generowicz, J.; Goldschmidt, A.; Gómez-Cadenas, J. J.; González, R.; Grocott, J.; Hafidi, K.; Hauptman, J.; Henriques, C. A. O.; Morata, J. A. Hernando; Herrero-Gómez, P.; Herrero, V.; Ho, P.; Ifergan, Y.; Jones, B. J. P.; Kekic, M.; Labarga, L.; Larizgoitia, L.; Lebrun, P.; Gutierrez, D. Lopez; López-March, N.; Madigan, R.; Mano, R. D. P.; Martín-Albo, J.; Martínez-Lema, G.; Martínez-Vara, M.; Marques, A. P.; Meziani, Z. E.; Miller, R.; Mistry, K.; Molina-Canteras, J.; Monrabal, F.; Monteiro, C. M. B.; Mora, F. J.; Vidal, J. Muñoz; Navarro, K.; Novella, P.; Nuñez, A.; Nygren, D. R.; Oblak, E.; Odriozola-Gimeno, M.; Palmeiro, B.; Para, A.; Querol, M.; Redwine, A. B.; Renner, J.; Rivilla, I.; Rodríguez, J.; Rogero, C.; Rogers, L.; Romeo, B.; Romo-Luque, C.; Santos, F. P.; dos Santos, J. M. F.; Simón, A.; Sorel, M.; Teixeira, J. M. R.; Toledo, J. F.; Torrent, J.; Usón, A.; Veloso, J. F. C. A.; Vuong, T. T.; Waiton, J.

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Reflectance and fluorescence characteristics of PTFE coated with TPB at visible, UV, and VUV as a function of thickness

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posted on 2023-06-08, 12:59 authored by J. Haefner, A. Fahs, J. Ho, C. Stanford, R. Guenette, C. Adams, H. Almazán, V. Álvarez, B. Aparicio, A. I. Aranburu, L. Arazi, I. J. Arnquist, F. Auria-Luna, S. Ayet, C. D. R. Azevedo, K. Bailey, F. Ballester, J. M. Benlloch-Rodríguez, F. I. G. M. Borges, S. Bounasser, N. Byrnes, S. Cárcel, J. V. Carrión, S. Cebrián, E. Church, C. A. N. Conde, T. Contreras, F. P. Cossío, A. A. Denisenko, E. Dey, G. Díaz, T. Dickel, J. Escada, R. Esteve, R. Felkai, L. M. P. Fernandes, P. Ferrario, A. L. Ferreira, F. W. Foss, E. D. C. Freitas, Z. Freixa, J. Generowicz, A. Goldschmidt, J. J. Gómez-Cadenas, R. González, J. Grocott, K. Hafidi, J. Hauptman, C. A. O. Henriques, J. A. Hernando Morata, P. Herrero-Gómez, V. Herrero, P. Ho, Y. Ifergan, B. J. P. Jones, M. Kekic, L. Labarga, L. Larizgoitia, P. Lebrun, D. Lopez Gutierrez, N. López-March, R. Madigan, R. D. P. Mano, J. Martín-Albo, G. Martínez-Lema, M. Martínez-Vara, A. P. Marques, Z. E. Meziani, R. Miller, K. Mistry, J. Molina-Canteras, F. Monrabal, C. M. B. Monteiro, F. J. Mora, J. Muñoz Vidal, K. Navarro, P. Novella, A. Nuñez, D. R. Nygren, E. Oblak, M. Odriozola-Gimeno, B. Palmeiro, A. Para, M. Querol, A. B. Redwine, J. Renner, I. Rivilla, J. Rodríguez, C. Rogero, L. Rogers, B. Romeo, C. Romo-Luque, F. P. Santos, J. M. F. dos Santos, A. Simón, M. Sorel, J. M. R. Teixeira, J. F. Toledo, J. Torrent, A. Usón, J. F. C. A. Veloso, T. T. Vuong, J. Waiton

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is an excellent diffuse reflector widely used in light collection systems for particle physics experiments. In noble element systems, it is often coated with tetraphenyl butadiene (TPB) to allow detection of vacuum ultraviolet scintillation light. In this work this dependence is investigated for PTFE coated with TPB in air for light of wavelengths of 200~nm, 260~nm, and 450~nm. The results show that TPB-coated PTFE has a reflectance of approximately 92\% for thicknesses ranging from 5~mm to 10~mm at 450~nm, with negligible variation as a function of thickness within this range. A cross-check of these results using an argon chamber supports the conclusion that the change in thickness from 5~mm to 10~mm does not affect significantly the light response at 128~nm. Our results indicate that pieces of TPB-coated PTFE thinner than the typical 10~mm can be used in particle physics detectors without compromising the light signal.

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