Abstract: A scintillation device including a silicon plate having a rectangular shape and having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the first side includes a plurality of first channels arranged to be in parallel with each other extending in a first direction, wherein walls in the silicon plate that form the first channels are coated with an optically reflective or dielectric layer, and wherein the first channels are filled with a scintillation resin in a solid state forming a first waveguide.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a scintillation detector structure including the steps of forming a plurality of first structures into a surface of a substrate to form a patterned substrate, filling the plurality of first structures and covering the surface of the substrate with a polymeric material, hardening the polymeric material and first removing the hardened polymeric material from the substrate to obtain a polymeric mold with a patterned surface having a plurality of second structures, performing a surface cleaning treatment and a silanization of the patterned surface of the polymeric mold, filling the plurality of second structures and covering the patterned surface of the polymeric mold with a moldable scintillation material, polymerizing the scintillation material while exerting a pressure on the scintillation material, and second removing the polymerized scintillation material from the plurality of second structures of the polymeric mold to obtain scintillation detector active structures.

Abstract: A scintillation device including a silicon plate having a rectangular shape and having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the first side includes a plurality of first channels arranged to be in parallel with each other extending in a first direction, wherein walls in the silicon plate that form the first channels are coated with an optically reflective or dielectric layer, and wherein the first channels are filled with a scintillation resin in a solid state forming a first waveguide.

Abstract: A linear accelerator system comprising a source arranged to produce a pulsed beam of charged particles, a linear accelerator string arranged to accelerate the pulsed beam up to a predetermined range of energies, and a pre-acceleration stage interposed between the source and the linear accelerator string and arranged to accelerate the pulsed beam up to an energy suitable for beam insertion into the linear accelerator string and perform bunching of the pulsed beam. An average current detector is arranged to measure an average current in the pulsed beam, the average current detector comprising at least one non-interceptive sensor placed at an input side of the linear accelerator string, downstream of the pre-acceleration stage, the sensor being responsive to the pulsed beam passing thereby.

Abstract: A linear accelerator system comprising a source arranged to produce a pulsed beam of charged particles, a linear accelerator string arranged to accelerate the pulsed beam up to a predetermined range of energies, and a pre-acceleration stage interposed between the source and the linear accelerator string and arranged to accelerate the pulsed beam up to an energy suitable for beam insertion into the linear accelerator string and perform bunching of the pulsed beam. An average current detector is arranged to measure an average current in the pulsed beam, the average current detector comprising at least one non-interceptive sensor placed at an input side of the linear accelerator string, downstream of the pre-acceleration stage, the sensor being responsive to the pulsed beam passing thereby.

Abstract: A time-of-fight measurement system for measuring energy of a pulsed hadron beam, wherein each pulse of the beam is structured into a series of bunches of charged particles, said bunches being repeated according to a repetition rate of the order of magnitude of radiofrequency.

Abstract: A linear accelerator system comprising a source arranged to produce a pulsed beam of charged particles, a linear accelerator string arranged to accelerate the pulsed beam up to a predetermined range of energies, and a pre-acceleration stage interposed between the source and the linear accelerator string and arranged to accelerate the pulsed beam up to an energy suitable for beam insertion into the linear accelerator string and perform bunching of the pulsed beam. An average current detector is arranged to measure an average current in the pulsed beam, the average current detector comprising at least one non-interceptive sensor placed at an input side of the linear accelerator string, downstream of the pre-acceleration stage, the sensor being responsive to the pulsed beam passing thereby.

Abstract: A temperature sensor, including a conduction path, between a line at a supply voltage and a common ground terminal of the temperature sensor, including a capacitor, a resistor and a reverse biased diode a junction temperature of which is to be sensed; a digital circuit coupled with the capacitor, the resistor and the diode, configured to compare a charge voltage of the capacitor with an upper threshold voltage and with a lower threshold voltage, and to generate in operation an output sense signal that switches to a first logic level when the charge voltage attains the lower threshold voltage and to a second logic level when the charge voltage attains the upper threshold voltage, the digital circuit being configured to connect the resistor electrically in parallel with the capacitor to discharge the capacitor when the output sense signal is at the second logic level, and to connect the capacitor so as to be charged by a reverse saturation current flowing throughout the reverse biased diode when the output sens

Abstract: A temperature sensor, including a conduction path, between a line at a supply voltage and a common ground terminal of the temperature sensor, including a capacitor, a resistor and a reverse biased diode a junction temperature of which is to be sensed; a digital circuit coupled with the capacitor, the resistor and the diode, configured to compare a charge voltage of the capacitor with an upper threshold voltage and with a lower threshold voltage, and to generate in operation an output sense signal that switches to a first logic level when the charge voltage attains the lower threshold voltage and to a second logic level when the charge voltage attains the upper threshold voltage, the digital circuit being configured to connect the resistor electrically in parallel with the capacitor to discharge the capacitor when the output sense signal is at the second logic level, and to connect the capacitor so as to be charged by a reverse saturation current flowing throughout the reverse biased diode when the output sens