Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

A Brewster route to Cherenkov detectors

  • Xiao Lin,
  • Hao Hu,
  • Sajan Easo,
  • Yi Yang,
  • Yichen Shen,
  • Kezhen Yin,
  • Michele Piero Blago,
  • Ido Kaminer,
  • Baile Zhang,
  • Hongsheng Chen,
  • John Joannopoulos,
  • Marin Soljačić,
  • Yu Luo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25822-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Cherenkov detectors are used to detect high energy particles and their performance capabilities depend heavily on the material used. Here, the authors propose use of a Brewster-optics-based angular filter for a detector with increased sensitivity and particle identification capability.