Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP)

Universal Beam Monitor Detector (UniBeaM)

The universal beam monitor (UniBEaM) detector is based on the collection of light produced by scintillation inside Ce and Sb doped silica fibres passing through the beam. This detector is suitable to monitor both pulsed and continuous beams and can measure beams ranging from fractions of pA to about 20 μA. These developments attracted the interest of industry and the UniBEaM is now commercialised under license by the Canadian company D-Pace. The UniBEaM detector was adopted by several laboratories, including the Swiss Federal Office of Metrology (METAS), the Australian National University Department of Nuclear Physics, the University of Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. 

The UniBEaM detector and its main components.
The UniBEaM detector and its main components.
The commercial UniBEaM, produced by D-Pace.
The commercial UniBEaM, produced by D-Pace.
On-line monitoring with the UniBEaM, showing the beam intensity measured by the fibre as it passes through the beam in the transverse plane.

 

Selected publications

M. Auger, S. Braccini, T.S. Carzaniga, A. Ereditato, K.P. Nesteruk, P. Scampoli, A detector based on silica fibers for ion beam monitoring in a wide current range, J. Instrum. 2016, 11, P03027; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-0221/11/03/P03027

S. Braccini, A. Ereditato, F. Giacoppo, I. Kreslo, K. .P Nesteruk, M. Nirkko, M. Weber, P. Scampoli, M. Neff, S. Pilz, V. Romano, A beam monitor detector based on doped silica and optical fibres, 2012 JINST 7 T02001; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-0221/7/02/T02001/pdf