Optical relays for imaging scintillators

Robert M. Malone; Stuart A. Baker; Daniel K. Frayer; Todd J. Haines; Kevin T. Joyce; Morris I. Kaufman; Paul K. Manhart; Katherine L. Walters; Eloisa Zepeda-Alarcon

doi:10.1117/12.2681320

2 October 2023 Optical relays for imaging scintillators

Robert M. Malone, Stuart A. Baker, Daniel K. Frayer, Todd J. Haines, Kevin T. Joyce, Morris I. Kaufman, Paul K. Manhart, Katherine L. Walters, Eloisa Zepeda-Alarcon

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Proceedings Volume 12666, Current Developments in Lens Design and Optical Engineering XXIV; 126660A (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2681320
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2023, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Cygnus is a dual beam high-energy radiographic x-ray source. Ten years ago, three large zoom lenses were assembled to collect images from 200 mm x 200 mm square scintillators. The zoom capability allows zooming down to a 60 mm x 60 mm picture from the scintillator. Current radiographic imaging needs now require larger 270 mm x 270 mm square scintillators and the capability to use both 92 mm x 92 mm and 62 mm x 62 mm CCD cameras, and a new lens design to meet these needs. This zoom lens incorporates 11 elements and is designed to be telecentric. It images a scintillator emitting light peaking at 435 nm, so special glass types are required for the lens elements. Much larger elliptical pellicles are needed to deflect the scintillator light out of the x-ray path into the lens. The optical axis of the imaging system must be colinear with the x-ray axis. Two scintillators are positioned in each of two Cygnus x-ray axes, for a total of four scintillators and four lens systems. An optional configuration will be shown, enabling two lens systems imaging opposite sides of a single scintillator, for a total of four lenses and two scintillators. Although this configuration has advantages, it suffers from crosstalk. Care must be taken to analyze the anti-reflection coatings applied to all the elements in the imaging chain, including the CCD array and its vacuum window. The evolution of our Cygnus radiographic systems over the last two decades will be discussed.

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Robert M. Malone, Stuart A. Baker, Daniel K. Frayer, Todd J. Haines, Kevin T. Joyce, Morris I. Kaufman, Paul K. Manhart, Katherine L. Walters, and Eloisa Zepeda-Alarcon "Optical relays for imaging scintillators", Proc. SPIE 12666, Current Developments in Lens Design and Optical Engineering XXIV, 126660A (2 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2681320

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