An ultrafast plenoptic-camera system for high-resolution 3D particle tracking in unsegmented scintillators

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Main Authors: Dieminger, Till, Alonso-Monsalve, Saúl, Alt, Christoph, Bruschini, Claudio, Bührer, Noemi, Charbon, Edoardo, Kaneyasu, Kodai, Franks, Matthew, Weber, Tim, Sgalaberna, Davide
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author Dieminger, Till
Alonso-Monsalve, Saúl
Alt, Christoph
Bruschini, Claudio
Bührer, Noemi
Charbon, Edoardo
Kaneyasu, Kodai
Franks, Matthew
Weber, Tim
Sgalaberna, Davide
author_facet Dieminger, Till
Alonso-Monsalve, Saúl
Alt, Christoph
Bruschini, Claudio
Bührer, Noemi
Charbon, Edoardo
Kaneyasu, Kodai
Franks, Matthew
Weber, Tim
Sgalaberna, Davide
contents Neutrino detectors, particle calorimeters and some dark matter detectors require dense and massive active materials. An extremely fine segmentation is desirable to achieve precise three-dimensional particle tracking. However, such systems introduce significant challenges in construction and demand a large number of readout electronics channels, leading to extremely high costs. In this article, we propose an alternative approach to elementary particle detection that enables ultrafast three-dimensional high-resolution imaging in large volumes of unsegmented scintillator. Enabling technologies are plenoptic systems and time-resolving single-photon avalanche diode array imaging sensors. Together, they enabled us, using a plenoptic camera, to reconstruct the origin of single photons in the scintillator. A case study focused on neutrino detection demonstrates full event reconstruction with a spatial resolution of two hundred micrometres. This work paves the way for a class of particle detectors whose capabilities should be further enhanced through future developments and expanded to Cherenkov light detection, medical imaging and neutron detection.
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spellingShingle An ultrafast plenoptic-camera system for high-resolution 3D particle tracking in unsegmented scintillators
Dieminger, Till
Alonso-Monsalve, Saúl
Alt, Christoph
Bruschini, Claudio
Bührer, Noemi
Charbon, Edoardo
Kaneyasu, Kodai
Franks, Matthew
Weber, Tim
Sgalaberna, Davide
Instrumentation and Detectors
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Neutrino detectors, particle calorimeters and some dark matter detectors require dense and massive active materials. An extremely fine segmentation is desirable to achieve precise three-dimensional particle tracking. However, such systems introduce significant challenges in construction and demand a large number of readout electronics channels, leading to extremely high costs. In this article, we propose an alternative approach to elementary particle detection that enables ultrafast three-dimensional high-resolution imaging in large volumes of unsegmented scintillator. Enabling technologies are plenoptic systems and time-resolving single-photon avalanche diode array imaging sensors. Together, they enabled us, using a plenoptic camera, to reconstruct the origin of single photons in the scintillator. A case study focused on neutrino detection demonstrates full event reconstruction with a spatial resolution of two hundred micrometres. This work paves the way for a class of particle detectors whose capabilities should be further enhanced through future developments and expanded to Cherenkov light detection, medical imaging and neutron detection.
title An ultrafast plenoptic-camera system for high-resolution 3D particle tracking in unsegmented scintillators
topic Instrumentation and Detectors
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.09442