Abstract
The low light-extraction efficiency of scintillators is due to total internal reflection and has led to the extensive use of photonic crystals to improve the light output. However, in some applications, photonic crystals cannot be fabricated directly on scintillators. Here, we demonstrate a promising method to improve the light output of scintillators by using a buffer layer coated with photonic crystals and then fixed to the scintillator. Through both numerical simulations and experiments, we investigate how the refractive indexes of the buffer layer and photonic crystal affect the light output from scintillators. The experimental results indicate that the light output of (Lu,Y)2SiO5:Ce scintillators is enhanced 1.9 times by using a sapphire buffer layer coated with an array of polystyrene nanospheres. This method can be used to improve the detection efficiency of radiation-detection systems when photonic crystals cannot be fabricated directly on the scintillator.
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