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OA_place: publisher
OA_type: hybrid
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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'Converting ionizing radiation into visible light is essential in a wide range
    of fundamental and industrial applications, such as electromagnetic calorimeters
    in high-energy particle detectors, electron detectors, image intensifiers, and
    X-ray imaging. These different areas of technology all rely on scintillators or
    phosphors, i.e., materials that emit light upon bombardment by high-energy particles.
    In all cases, the emission is through spontaneous emission. The fundamental nature
    of spontaneous emission poses limitations on all these technologies, imposing
    an intrinsic trade-off between efficiency and resolution in all imaging applications:
    thicker phosphors are more efficient due to their greater stopping power, which
    however comes at the expense of image blurring due to light spread inside the
    thicker phosphors. Here, the concept of inverse-designed nanophotonic scintillators
    is proposed, which can overcome the trade-off between resolution and efficiency
    by reshaping the intrinsic spontaneous emission. To exemplify the concept, multilayer
    phosphor nanostructures are designed and these nanostructures are compared to
    state-of-the-art phosphor screens in image intensifiers, showing a threefold resolution
    enhancement simultaneous with a threefold efficiency enhancement. The enabling
    concept is applying the ubiquitous Purcell effect for the first time in a new
    context—for improving image resolution. Looking forward, this approach directly
    applies to a wide range of technologies, including X-ray imaging applications.'
article_number: '2202318'
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Avner
  full_name: Shultzman, Avner
  last_name: Shultzman
- first_name: Ohad
  full_name: Segal, Ohad
  last_name: Segal
- first_name: Yaniv
  full_name: Kurman, Yaniv
  last_name: Kurman
- first_name: Charles
  full_name: Roques-Carmes, Charles
  id: e2e68fc9-6505-11ef-a541-eb4e72cc3e82
  last_name: Roques-Carmes
- first_name: Ido
  full_name: Kaminer, Ido
  last_name: Kaminer
citation:
  ama: Shultzman A, Segal O, Kurman Y, Roques-Carmes C, Kaminer I. Enhanced imaging
    using inverse design of nanophotonic scintillators. <i>Advanced Optical Materials</i>.
    2023;11(8). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202202318">10.1002/adom.202202318</a>
  apa: Shultzman, A., Segal, O., Kurman, Y., Roques-Carmes, C., &#38; Kaminer, I.
    (2023). Enhanced imaging using inverse design of nanophotonic scintillators. <i>Advanced
    Optical Materials</i>. Wiley. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202202318">https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202202318</a>
  chicago: Shultzman, Avner, Ohad Segal, Yaniv Kurman, Charles Roques-Carmes, and
    Ido Kaminer. “Enhanced Imaging Using Inverse Design of Nanophotonic Scintillators.”
    <i>Advanced Optical Materials</i>. Wiley, 2023. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202202318">https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202202318</a>.
  ieee: A. Shultzman, O. Segal, Y. Kurman, C. Roques-Carmes, and I. Kaminer, “Enhanced
    imaging using inverse design of nanophotonic scintillators,” <i>Advanced Optical
    Materials</i>, vol. 11, no. 8. Wiley, 2023.
  ista: Shultzman A, Segal O, Kurman Y, Roques-Carmes C, Kaminer I. 2023. Enhanced
    imaging using inverse design of nanophotonic scintillators. Advanced Optical Materials.
    11(8), 2202318.
  mla: Shultzman, Avner, et al. “Enhanced Imaging Using Inverse Design of Nanophotonic
    Scintillators.” <i>Advanced Optical Materials</i>, vol. 11, no. 8, 2202318, Wiley,
    2023, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202202318">10.1002/adom.202202318</a>.
  short: A. Shultzman, O. Segal, Y. Kurman, C. Roques-Carmes, I. Kaminer, Advanced
    Optical Materials 11 (2023).
date_created: 2026-03-30T12:22:47Z
date_published: 2023-02-17T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-04-27T10:38:22Z
day: '17'
ddc:
- '530'
doi: 10.1002/adom.202202318
extern: '1'
intvolume: '        11'
issue: '8'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202202318
month: '02'
oa: 1
oa_version: Published Version
publication: Advanced Optical Materials
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 2195-1071
publication_status: published
publisher: Wiley
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Enhanced imaging using inverse design of nanophotonic scintillators
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  name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)
  short: CC BY (4.0)
type: journal_article
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volume: 11
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