ICRYS - Dicea

Interdipartimental Crystal Research & Analysis Center-ICRYS

SIMAU – Dipartimento di Scienza e Ingegneria dei Materiali ed Urbanistica

DICEA – Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile Edile ed Architettura

DIISM – Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e Scienze Matematiche

STATEMENT

The aim of Interdipartimental Crystal Research & Analysis Center (ICRYS), formed by researchers of the three Departments SIMAU, DIISM and DICEA of the Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM), is to give Scientific and Technical support to Research & Development activities of Universities, Public and Private Research centers and Manifacturing Enterprises working in the field of crystal analysis, characterization and production.

The Center provides experimental and analytical support both in the field of theoretical analysis and in that of industrial and technological applications. Development of new technological processes, novel measurement methods, design of innovative software and training of researchers (in particular PhD and master students) and technical personnel are also encompassed within the Center mission.

COMPETENCES

The researchers associated with the Center have interdisciplinary competences which span from Theoretical and Experimental Physics to Continuum and Applied Mechanics, Applied Mathematics, Numerical Analysis and experimental and measurement methods. They are accordingly able, by such a multidisciplinary approach, to completely characterize crystals from micro to macroscopic scale passing through mesoscopic scale models, both theoretically and experimentally.

Therefore, the Centre can characterize crystallographic structure, chemical composition and electrical, optical and mechanical properties of both large- and micro-scale crystals.

FACILITIES

The Center researchers have access to the following facilities and instruments of the three participating Departments.

a) Structural Analysis:

X-Ray Diffractometers
Laser Vibrometer and Pulsed Laser
Ultrasound and Acoustic Probes
Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)
High-Resolution Scanning Electron Microscope (HRSEM)

b) Photoelastic and Optical Analysis:

Sodium Diffused Light Polariscope
He-Ne Laser-polariscope
Optical table with 6 d.o.f. motorized positioner
Spectrometer (UV-VIS-IR) with optical fiber
Digital multimeter
Peltier cells and controller
Minithermostat

c) Mechanical Analysis:

Single point, tangential, scanning laser vibrometers
Ultrasounds and acoustic resonance method
Optical scanners
Controlled climatic chamber
Force and pressure transducers
Controlled testing machine

d) Support services

3D addictive manufacturing units (Polymer and metal printing)

EXPERIMENTAL ACTIVITIES

The Center experimental activities allow for a complete characterization of crystals, as well as other scintillating systems (i.e. powders, fibers, etc.), both in terms of crystallographic parameters and in composition by means of Microscopy and Diffractometry instruments and techniques.

Optical and dielectric properties are studied by means of photoelastic techniques whereas mechanical properties are obtained with vibrometric techniques and mechanical test, both destructive and non-destructive.

THEORETICAL ANALYSIS

The researcher associated to the Centre have the experience in Solid State Physics and Continuum Mechanics which is necessary to obtain mesoscopic scale models which bridge the microscopic world of the crystalline cell with the macroscopic one of the bulk industrial crystal. This is a mandatory approach when one deal with “innovative” materials like most of the industrial crystals are. These models allow for parametric analysis and are reliable benchmarks for any numerical analysis and experimental test design.

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COMMITEMENT

Besides the industrial and applied researches, Center members are involved in many international researches activities. On the top of the list there are:

The Crystal Clear Collaboration (CERN R&D 18) a CERN-based research network whose scope is the study and the understanding of existing and new scintillator properties as well as the technological transfert of the research results;
The PANDA collaboration which is associated to one of the key experiments at the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) which is under construction and currently being built on the area of the GSI in Darmstadt, Germany and which uses PWO scintillating crystals as main detectors.

STAFF

Paolo Mengucci	SIMAU	p.mengucci@univpm.it
Gianni Barucca	SIMAU	g.barucca@univpm.it
Daniele Rinaldi	SIMAU	d.rinaldi@univpm.it
Luigi Montalto	SIMAU	l.montalto@univpm.it
Nicola Paone	DIISM	n.paone@univpm.it
Lorenzo Scalise	DIISM	l.scalise@univpm.it
Fabrizio Davì	DICEA	davi@univpm.it
Giovanni Lancioni	DICEA	g.lancioni@univpm.it
Francesca Cherubini	DICEA	f.cherubini@univpm.it
Pier Paolo Natali	DICEA	p.p.natali@univpm.it

ADMINISTRATION AND CONTACT

Head:

Fabrizio Davì, ++39(0)71 220 4565

icrys@univpm.it

Administrative Secretary:

Carlo Ceresoni, ++39(0)71 220 4710

c.ceresoni@univpm.it

RESEARCH DISSEMINATION

The Center organizes from 2018, “SCINTILLATOR DETECTORS: from Theory to Applications (Medicine, Security, High Energy Physics and Engineering)” a series of scientific seminars about its activities and international collaborations.

2018

– May 8: Novel Nuclear Medicine Imaging Detectors, Dr. Stratos David, University of west Attika, Athens, Greece. PDF

– May 9: Elasto-Optic Model of anisotropic Crystals, Prof. Fabrizio Davì, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy. PDF

– May 11: Inorganic scintillation materials: R&D state-of-art and trends, Prof. Martin Nikl, Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic. PDF

– May 15: Characterization and quality control of Crystals, Ing. Luigi Montalto, PhD, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy. PDF

– May 23: A continuum theory for scintillating crystals, Prof. Fabrizio Davì, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.

2019

– May 7, Dedicated Nuclear Medicine planar detectors: From radiation detection to the final image, Dr. Stratos David, University of west Attika, Athens, Greece. PDF

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– May 20, Positron Emission Tomography: state of the art and future developments, Dr. Marco Pizzichemi, CERN Research Fellow, Geneva (CH). PDF

– July 3, The electromagnetic calorimeter of PANDA Project, Dr. Markus Moritz, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen | JLU · Department of Physics, Giessen (DE). PDF

– July 3, Novel scintillation materials for High Energy Physics and Medical Applications, Dr. Hans-Georg Zaunick and Dr. Valera Dormenev, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen | JLU · Department of Physics, Giessen (DE). PDF

– July 4, Physics in Giessen, Prof. Kai-Thomas Brinkmann, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen | JLU · Department of Physics, Giessen (DE). PDF

PAPERS

2021

Elasto-Optic properties and internal stress analysis for monoclinic and trigonal crystals. D. Rinaldi, L. Montalto, P.P. Natali, F. Davì. J. of Instrumentation, 16, August 2021, P08018. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/16/08/P08018.
The Refraction Indices and Brewster Law in Stressed Isotropic Materials and Cubic Crystals. D. Rinaldi, P.P. Natali L. Montalto, F. Davì. Crystals, 11(9), 1104, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11091104.
Feasibility studies for the measurement of time-like proton electromagnetic form factors from pp→m+m– at PANDA at FAIR. G. Barucca, F. Davì, G. Lancioni, P. Mengucci, L. Montalto, P.P. Natali, N. Paone, D. Rinaldi, L. Scalise and the PANDA collaboration. European Phys. J. A, 57(1), 30 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-020-00333-3.
A brief overview of existence results and decay time estimates for a mathematical modelling of scintillating crystals. F. Davì. Mathematical Methods in Applied Sciences.1-22, Online first, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1002/mma.7660.
Study of Excited X Baryons with the PANDA Detector. G. Barucca, F. Davì, G. Lancioni, P. Mengucci, L. Montalto, P.P. Natali, N. Paone, D. Rinaldi, L. Scalise and the PANDA collaboration. European Phys. J. A, 57(149), 1 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-021-00444-5.
Wave propagation in micromorphic anisotropic continua with an application to tetragonal crystals. F. Davì. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 2021, 26(6), pp. 804-822. https://doi.org/10.1177/1081286520971840.
The potential of L and X ^–studies with PANDA at FAIR. G. Barucca, F. Davì, G. Lancioni, P. Mengucci, L. Montalto, P.P. Natali, N. Paone, D. Rinaldi, L. Scalise and the PANDA collaboration European Phys. J. A, 57(4), 154, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-021-00386-y.
PANDA Phase One. G. Barucca, F. Davì, G. Lancioni, P. Mengucci, L. Montalto, P.P. Natali, N. Paone, D. Rinaldi, L. Scalise and the PANDA collaboration. European Phys. J. A, 57(6), 187, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-021-00475-y.
Existence, decay time and light yield for a reaction diffusion-drift equation in the continuum physics of scintillators, F. Davì, in V. Vespri, U. Gianazza, D. D. Monticelli, F. Punzo and D. Andreucci (Eds.): Harnack's inequalities and nonlinear operators. Proceedings of the INDAM conference to celebrate the 70th birthday of Emmanuele DiBenedetto, 125-137, Springer INDAM Series, 46, Springer Int. Publ. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73778-8_6.

2020

On the generalization of the Brewster law. F. Davì. Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems 8-1, 2020, 29-46, https://doi.org/10.2140/memocs.2020.8.29.

Exact and linearized refractive index stress-dependence in anisotropic photoelastic crystals. F. Davì. Proceedings of Royal Society A476, 20190854, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2019.0854.
Some approximate relations in the photoelasticity of strongly-anisotropic crystals. F. Davì. Mathematical Models in Applied Sciences, 43, 9692-9705, https://doi.org/10.1002/mma.6641.
Scintillator Crystals: Structure, Characterization and Models for Better Performances. D. Rinaldi, L. Montalto. Crystals, 10, 96, https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10020096.
Fringe description and photoelastic stress measurement method in tetragonal PWO observed in the plane normal to a crystallographic a-axis. P.P. Natali, L. Montalto, L. Scalise, F. Davì, D. Rinaldi and N. Paone. Journal of Instrumentation, vol.15(9), P09037, September 2020, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/15/09/P09037.
Scintillating Crystals as Continua with Microstructure, F. Davì, in B.E. Abali and I. Giorgio (Eds.): Developments and Novel Approaches in Biomechanics and Metamaterials, Advanced Structured Materials, vol. 132. Springer, Cham, p. 291-304, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50464-9-16.
Mechanoluminescence in Scintillators, F. Davì, in Proceedings of XXIV AIMETA Conference, Rome, September 15-19, 2019. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer International Publishing, 48, 585-594, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41057-5-48.

2019

A continuum theory of scintillation in inorganic scintillating crystals, F. Davì, European Physics Journal B, Volume 92(1), 16, 2019.
Decay time estimates by a Continuum model for Inorganic Scintillators, F. Davì. Crystals, 9(1), 4, 2019.
Precision resonance energy scans with the PANDA experiment at FAIR: Sensitivity study for width and line-shape measurements of the X(3872), G. Barucca, F. Davì, G. Lancioni, P. Mengucci, L. Montalto, P. P. Natali, N. Paone, D. Rinaldi, L. Scalise, and the PANDA collaboration. European Physics Journal A Volume 55(3), 42, 2019.
On the photoelastic constants for anisotropic stressed crystals. D. Rinaldi, F. Daví, L. Montalto, Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A 947, December 2019, 162782. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.162782.
Precision resonance energy scans with the PANDA experiment at FAIR. G. Barucca et al., Eur. Phys. J. A (2019) 55: 42 DOI 10.1140/epja/i2019-12718-2.
Quality Control and Structural Assessment of Anisotropic Scintillating Crystals, Luigi Montalto, Pier Paolo Natali, Lorenzo Scalise, Nicola Paone, Fabrizio Davì, Daniele Rinaldi, Gianni Barucca and Paolo Mengucci, Crystals 2019, 9(7), 376; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst9070376.
Monte Carlo Optical Simulations of a Small FoV Gamma Camera. Effect of Scintillator Thicknesses and Septa Materials. Rita Ricci, Theodora Kostou, Konstantinos Chatzipapas, Eleftherios Fysikopoulos, George Loudos, Luigi Montalto, Lorenzo Scalise, Daniele Rinaldi and Stratos David, Crystals 2019, 9(8), 398; doi:10.3390/cryst9080398.

2018

On the photoelastic constants and the Brewster law for stressed tetragonal crystals, L. Montalto, D. Rinaldi, F. Davì. Mathematical Models in Applied Sciences, vol 41(8), 3103–3116, 2018.
Theoretical and experimental evaluation of piezo-optic parameters and photoelastic constants in Tetragonal PWO, L. Montalto, D. Rinaldi, N. Paone, P.P. Natali, A. Ciriaco, F. Davì, P. Mengucci. Applied Optics, vol 57(4), 730–737, 2018.
Non-invasive inspection of anisotropic crystals: innovative Photoelasticity based methods, P.P. Natali, L. Montalto, D. Rinaldi, F. Davì, N. Paone, L. Scalise. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 65(8), p. 2203-2207, 2018.
Influence of a Surface Finishing Method on Light Collection Behaviour of PWO Scintillator Crystals, D. Rinaldi, L. Montalto, M. Lebeau, P. Mengucci. Photonics 5(4):47, November 2018.
Barium and lithium silicate glass ceramics doped with rare earth ions for white LEDs, E. Trusova, A. Vaitkevičius, Y. Tratsiak, M. Korjik, P. Mengucci, D. Rinaldi, L. Montalto, V. Marciulionyte, G. Tamulaitis. Optical Materials 84, 459-465, October 2018.

2017

Characterization of a defective cut along the a-c crystallographic plane: structural assessment and a novel photoe- lastic stress analysis, L. Montalto, D. Rinaldi, F. Davì, N. Paone, P.P. Natali, P. Mengucci, Journal of Instrumentation, 12, 12, P12035, 2017.
Optimization of the photoelastic fringe pattern parameters for the stress evaluation in scintillating anisotropic media. P. P. Natali, L. Montalto, F. Davì, N. Paone, D. Rinaldi, L. Scalise. Proceedings of I2MTC 2017, Turin, 22-25 May, 2017, IEEE, DOI: 10.1109/I2MTC.2017.7969824.
Comparative evaluation of Cesium Iodide scintillators coupled to a Silicon Photomultiplier (SIPM): effects of thickness and doping on scintillators. E. Monachesi, A. Dezi, M. D’Ignazio, L. Scalise, L. Montalto, N. Paone, D. Rinaldi, G. Loudos and S. David. Journal of Physics: Conf. Series 931 012013 (2017), 10.1088/1742-6596/931/1/012013.
Structural characterization and absolute luminescence efficiency evaluation of Gd₂O₂S hihgh packing density ceremic screens doped with Tb₃₊ and Eu₃₊ for further appliocations in radiology. A. Dezi, E. Monachesi, M. D’Ignazio, L. Scalise, L. Montalto, N. Paone, D. Rinaldi, P. Mengucci, G. Loudos, A. Bakas, C. Michail, I. Valais, C.ne Fountzoula, G. Fountos, S. David. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 931 012029 (2017), 10.1088/1742-6596/931/1/012029.

2016

Photoelastic Sphenoscopic Analysis of Crystals, F. Davì, D. Rinaldi, N. Paone, L. Scalise and L. Montalto. Review of Scientific Instruments, 87(1), 015113, 2016.
From Conoscopy to Sphenoscopy: New Experimental Methods in Crystals Inspections. ,L. Montalto, D. Rinaldi, F. Davì L. Scalise and N. Paone Proceedings of Fotonica 2016, 18th Italian Conference on Photonic technologies, Rome, 6-8 June 2016. IET Publ. DOI: 10.1049/cp.2016 0900.

2015

Structural, mechanical and light yield characterisation of heat treated LYSO:Ce single crystals for medical imaging application. . F. Davì, E. Auffray, G. Barucca, R. Chipaux, C. Cecchi, P. Mengucci, D. Rinaldi, E. Santecchia. Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 78, 110-116, 2015.
On the Bertin Surfaces for Photoelastic Crystals. F. Davì, J. of the Optical Society of America A, 32(12), 2323-2337, Dec. 2015.
Mechanical and optical properties of anisotropic single-crystal prisms. F.Davì and D. Rinaldi. J. of Elasticity, 120 (2), p.197-224, 2015.
A photoelastic measurement system for residual stress analysis in scintillating crystals by conoscopic imaging. L. Montalto, N. Paone, L. Scalise, and D. Rinaldi. Review of Scientific Instruments 86, 063102 (2015); doi: 10.1063/1.4921870.
Inspection of birifringent media by photoelasticity from diffuse light polariscope to laser conoscopic technique. L. Montalto, N. Paone, D. Rinaldi, and L. Scalise. Optical Engineering 54(8), 081210 (2015).

2014-1991

Characterization by gamma-ray diffractometry of the mosaic structure Bi₄Ge₃O₁₂, Bi₁₂GeO₂₀ and BaF₂ crystals. F. Allegretti, R. Caciuffo, F. de Notaristefani, F. Ferroni, O. Francescangeli, G. Majni, M. Mattioli, D. Rinaldi Nuclear Instruments And Methods In Physics Research, A302 (1991) 455-459.
Further results on Cerium Flouride crystals. D. Rinaldi with the Crystal Clear Collaboration. Nuclear Instruments And Methods In Physics Research, A332 (1993) 373-394.
Applications of Photoelasticity to quality inspection of scintillating crystals. M. Lebeau, G. Majni, N. Paone, D. Rinaldi. Proc. SCINT’1995, edited by P. Dorenbos and C. van Eijk, Delft University Press, pp. 515-518. Conference : SCINT’1995, International Conference on Inorganic Scintillators and their Applications, Sep 28-Nov 1 1995, Delft, The Netherlands
Photoelasticity for the investigation of internal stress in BGO scintillating crystals. M. Lebeau, G. Majni, N. Paone, D. Rinaldi, Nuclear Instruments And Methods In Physics Research, A 397 (1997) 317-322.
Photoelasticimetry for the inspection of mechanical stresses in birefringent monoaxial crystals application to PbWO₄ M. Lebeau, D. Rinaldi, Proceedings of the International Conference on INORGANIC SCINTILLATORS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS, SCINT 97, Edited by Y. Zhiwen, F. Xiqi, L. Peijun and X. Zhilin, Press of Chinese Academy of Science – Shanghai Branch, Shanghai – P. R. China (1997). pp.230-235.
Quality inspection of anisotropic scintillating crystals through measurement of interferometric fringe pattern parameters. N. Cocozzella, M. Lebeau, G. Majni, N. Paone, D. Rinaldi. Proceedings of: The Fifth International Conference On Inorganic Scintillators And Their Applications – SCINT99 – Edited by V. Mikhailin – Faculty of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow (2000) 298-303.
Quality inspection of anisotropic scintillating lead tungstate (PbWO₄) crystals through measurement of interferometric fringe pattern parameters. N. Cocozzella, M. Lebeau, G. Majni, N. Paone, D. Rinaldi
Nuclear Instruments And Methods In Physics Research, A 469 (2001) 331-339.
Mapping residual stresses in PbWO₄ crystals using photo-elastic analysis. M. Lebeau, L. Gobbi, G. Majni, N. Paone, P.Pietroni, D. Rinaldi. Nuclear Instruments And Methods In Physics Research, A 537 (2005) 207-210.
Development of non-destructive Young modules measurement techniques in non-oriented CeF₃ crystals. P. Pietroni, N. Paone, M. Lebeau, G. Majni, D. Rinaldi. Nuclear Instruments And Methods In Physics Research, A 537 (2005) 203-206.
Surface quality inspection of PbWO₄ crystals by grazing incidence X-ray diffraction. P. Mengucci, A. Di Cristoforo, M. Lebeau, G. Majni, N. Paone, P. Pietroni, D. Rinaldi. Nuclear Instruments And Methods In Physics Research, A 537(2005) 154-158.
Quality monitoring in PWO scintillating crystal production during R&D phase. M. Lebeau, A. Ciriaco, L. Gobbi, G. Majni, N. Paone, P. Pietroni, D. Rinaldi, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Inorganic Scintillators and their Use in Scientific and Industrial Applications, Publisher: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkov (2006) 334-337.
Light collection dependence on polishing method. M. Lebeau, C.Armataffet, A.Ciriaco, A. Di Cristoforo, P.Mengucci, R.Paramatti, D.Rinaldi, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Inorganic Scintillators and their Use in Scientific and Industrial Applications, Publisher: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkov (2006) 262-266.
PWO photo-elastic parameter calibration by laser-based polariscope. A. Ciriaco, F. Davì, M. Lebeau, G. Majni, N. Paone, P. Pietroni, D. Rinaldi, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 570 (2007) 55–60.
Isochromate fringes simulation by cassini-like curves for photoelastic analysis of birefringent crystals. D. Rinaldi, P. Pietroni, F. Davì, Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A 603(2009) 294–300.
Quality control on pre-serial Bridgman production of PbWO₄scintillating crystals by means of photoelasticity. D. Rinaldi, A. Ciriaco, M. Lebeau, N. Paone, Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A 615 (2010) 254–258.
Measurement of ultimate tensile strength and young modulus in LYSO scintillating crystals. L. Scalise, D. Rinaldi, F. Davı, N. Paone, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 654 (2011) pp.122-126.
Quality control and characterization of scintillating crystals for high energy physics and medical application. D. Rinaldi, M. Lebeau, N. Paone, L. Scalise and P. Pietroni, Chapter of the book “Wide spectra of quality control” – Edited by I. Akian, Intech (2011) ISBN 978-953-307-683-6.
Elastic moduli and optical properties of LYSO crystals: theory and experiments. Fabrizio Davì, Daniele Rinaldi, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 59, N. 5 (2012) p. 2106-2111.
A photoelasticity measurement set-up for the assessment of residual stresses in scintillating crystals. L. Montalto, L. Scalise, D. Rinaldi, N. Paone. Proceedings, III Congresso Nazionale del Coordinamento della Meccanica Italiana (2014).

DEGREE AND PhD THESIS

CONTROLLO DI QUALITÀ DI CRISTALLI SCINTILLATORI TRAMITE ANALISI DI IMMAGINI INTERFEROMETRICHE: ANALISI TEORICA, PROGETTO E REALIZZAZIONE DI UN BANCO PROVA. Student: Nicola Cocozzella. A.A. 1997-1998 – Advisor: N. Paone, Co-advisors: G. Majni, M. Lebeau, D. Rinaldi.
CARATTERIZZAZIONE DELLE PROPRIETÀ FOTO-ELASTICHE DI CRISTALLI SCINTILLATORI: PROGETTO DI UN BANCO OTTICO FINALIZZATO AL CONTROLLO DELLA QUALITÀ. Student: Paolo Pizzingrilli. A.A. 2000-2001 – Advisor: N. Paone, Co-advisors: G. Majni, M. Lebeau, D. Rinaldi.
SVILUPPO DI METODOLOGIE NON DISTRUTTIVE PER LA CARATTERIZZAZIONE DELLE PROPRIETÀ ELASTO-OTTICHE DI CRISTALLI SCINTILLATORI FINALIZZATA AL CONTROLLO DELLA QUALITÀ. Student: Paolo Pietroni. AA 2001-2002 – Advisor: N. Paone, Co-advisors: G. Majni, M. Lebeau, D. Rinaldi.
TECNICHE FOTOELASTICHE PER IL CONTROLLO DI QUALITÀ DI CRISTALLI SCINTILLATORI MEDIANTE MAPPATURA DI TENSIONI RESIDUE. Student: Andrea Ciriaco. AA 2003-2004 – Advisor: N. Paone, Co-advisors: M. Lebeau, D. Rinaldi.
PIEZO-OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF UNIAXIAL CRYSTALS BY MEANS OF LASER BASED PHOTOELASTICITY: APPLICATION TO PWO SCINTILLATORS. Ph. D. Student: Dott. Andrea Ciriaco. AA 2006-2007 – Advisor: G. Majni.
ANALISI FOTOELASTICA DI CRISTALLI SCINTILLATORI: OTTIMIZZAZIONE DEL CAMPO DI INDAGINE LOCALE E STUDIO DEL COMPORTAMENTO DI CRISTALLI RIVESTITI– Student: Martina Lavalle. AA 2010-2011 – Advisor: N. Paone, Co-advisors: D. Rinaldi.
MEASUREMENT SYSTEM TO OBSERVE RESIDUAL STRESSES IN SCINTILLATING CRYSTALS: DESIGN AND VALIDATION. Student: Luigi Montalto. AA 2011-2012 – Advisor: N. Paone, Co-advisors: D. Rinaldi, A. Benedetto.
ANALISI FOTOELASTICA DI FIBRE DI CRISTALLI SCINTILLATORI: APPROCCIO ALLA TECNICA INDEX MATCHING. Student: Alessandro D’Intino. AA 2014-2015 – Advisor: N. Paone, Co-advisor: D. Rinaldi.
SVILUPPO ED OTTIMIZZAZIONE DI TECNICHE FOTOELASTICHE PER LA CARATTERIZZAZIONE E L’ANALISI TENSIONALE DI CRISTALLI SCINTILLATORI. Student: Pier Paolo Natali. AA 2014-2015 – Advisor: F. Davì, Co-advisor: D. Rinaldi.
Inspection and characterization of birefringent materials: development of methods and systems for scintillating anisotropic crystals. PhD Student: Luigi Montalto. A.A. 2015-2016. Advisor: N. Paone. Co-advisors: D.Rinaldi, P. Lecoq.
Methods and Measurement Systems in Photoelastic Analysis of Scintillating Crystals.
PWO AND LYSO CRYSTALS. PhD Student: Pier Paolo Natali. AA 2018-2019 – Advisor: F. Davì, Co-advisors: D. Rinaldi, K. Ziemons.

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