A Brewster route to Cherenkov detectors

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25822-x