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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2010
Thomas Frach, Aachen, DE;
Andreas Thon, Aachen, DE;
Thomas Frach, Aachen, DE;
Andreas Thon, Aachen, DE;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A light transmitting element such as a scintillating element () or an optic fiber () has side surfaces coated with a metamaterial () which has an index of refraction less than 1 and preferably close to zero to light transmitted in the light transmitting element. A photonic crystal () or metamaterial layer optically couples a light output face of the light transmitting element with a light sensitive element (), such as a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM). A thin metal layer () blocks optical communication between adjacent scintillating elements () in a radiation detector (), such as a radiation detector of a nuclear imaging system ().