SINGAPORE,
July 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -
Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX-V: ZMS; Frankfurt: W1I.F), a
developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for industrial,
healthcare and scientific markets, today announced that it is now
close to having its patented LFS scintillation crystals approved
for use at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in
Switzerland. The Compact
Muon Solenoid (CMS) Experiment has requested specially designed
plates of LFS-3 crystals for testing as part of another major CMS
experiment for the new Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN.
This announcement comes after a thorough examination of competing
materials by CERN's scientists and engineers. The request is
in addition to one of Zecotek's LFS crystal designs already being
considered for another of CERN's major experiments.
"We are pleased with the performance of Zecotek's new LFS-3
configuration using plates geometry and we are confident that it
will pass all the prerequisites needed for the new electromagnetic
calorimeter part of CERN's LHC and CMS upgrades," said Dr.
Michael Arenton, Senior Research
Scientist with the CERN LHC Scintillation Material project and
senior member of the Experimental High Energy Physics group at the
University of Virginia. "We look
forward to receiving a positive decision to use LFS-3 in this
important part of CERN's major experiments."
"This is another important step in the evaluation of our
patented LFS-3 scintillation crystals for use in experiments at
CERN," said Dr. A.F. Zerrouk,
Chairman, President, and CEO of Zecotek Photonics Inc. "Our
LFS crystal is a prime candidate for the high energy experiments
because of its density of material, stopping power, fast decay
time, very good energy resolution, and radiation hardness. The
overall experiment benefits from reduced labour and re-calibration
costs associated with single crystal forms and less interruptions
associated with the maintenance and refitting of damaged
crystals. The new and improved crystal plate design is a
significant breakthrough for this experiment. We look forward
to a timely implementation."
The CMS Experiment is one of two large general-purpose particle
physics detectors built on the LHC at CERN in Europe. The three main components of the
LHC are scintillation materials, photo-detectors and the ubiquitous
electronic system. As part of the new upgrade at the LHC, Zecotek's
new LFS-3 crystal configuration is a prime candidate for one of the
major components of CMS experiment.
The goal of the CMS Experiment is to investigate a wide range of
physics, including the search for the Higgs boson, extra
dimensions, and particles that could make up dark matter. It
has been designed and built to replace an
electromagnetic calorimeter for the end cap regions of the
detector, known as "Shashlik". The Shashlik consists of a
stack of tungsten plates and scintillating crystal
layers. The whole detector would require just under 2
million of Zecotek's newly designed LFS-3 plates.
Implementation schedule will coincide with the restart of the LHC
in 2015.
In March 2013, CERN scientists
confirmed that a new subatomic particle discovered at the world's
most powerful particle accelerator is the Higgs Boson. As
CERN pushes into this new frontier of science, additional
experiments are required to determine the particle's properties and
its true form. High-energy scintillation crystals with high
radiation hardness and solid-state photo detectors are paramount
for the success of the next stage of experiments.
Zecotek is also waiting for approvals on the installation of its
patented LFS-3 scintillation crystals and solid-state MAPD photo
detector for other major CERN experiments as part of the new LHC
upgrades.
About the CMS Experiment at CERN
CMS is one of two general-purpose experiments at CERN's Large
Hadron Collider (LHC) that have been built to search for new
physics. CMS is designed to detect a wide range of particles and
phenomena produced in the LHC's high-energy proton-proton and
heavy-ion collisions. At CMS, scientists are looking into the
unknown and trying to answer the most fundamental questions about
our Universe, for example: "What is the Universe really made of
and what forces act within it?" and "What gives everything
substance?". CMS also measures the properties of
well-known particles with unprecedented precision and is on the
lookout for completely new, unpredicted phenomena. Such research
not only increases our understanding but may eventually spark new
technologies that could change the world we live in. The CMS
experiment is one of the largest international scientific
collaborations in history, involving 4300 particle physicists,
engineers, technicians, students and support staff from 179
universities and institutes in 41 countries. For more
information about CMS please visit http://cms.web.cern.ch.
About Zecotek
Zecotek Photonics Inc (TSX-V: ZMS; Frankfurt: W1I) is a photonics
technology company developing high-performance scintillation
crystals, photo detectors, positron emission tomography scanning
technologies, 3D auto-stereoscopic displays, and lasers for
applications in medical, high-tech and industrial sectors.
Founded in 2004, Zecotek operates three divisions: Imaging Systems,
Laser Systems and 3D Display Systems with labs located in
Canada, Korea, Russia, Singapore and U.S.A. The management team is focused on
building shareholder value by commercializing over 50 patented and
patent pending novel photonic technologies directly and through
strategic alliances and joint ventures with leading industry
partners such as Hamamatsu Photonics (Japan), the European Organization for Nuclear
Research (Switzerland), Beijing
Opto-Electronics Technology Co. Ltd. (China), NuCare Medical Systems (South Korea), and National NanoFab Center
(South Korea). For more
information visit www.zecotek.com, follow @zecotek on Twitter.
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