WCSimPMTQE.cc

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//  -*- mode:c++; tab-width:4;  -*-
#include "WCSimDetectorConstruction.hh"
#include "WCSimPMTObject.hh"
#include "globals.hh"
#include "G4SystemOfUnits.hh"
#include "G4PhysicalConstants.hh"

/***********************************************************
 *
 * This file contains the PMT QE as a function of 
 * wavelength for variety of PMTs.  It is used in both the
 * StackingAction and the sensitive detectors so it was 
 * put here (in WCSimDetectorConstruction) so both pieces of 
 * code would have access to it.
 *
 * Sourcefile for the WCSimDetectorConstruction class
 *
 ***********************************************************/


G4double WCSimDetectorConstruction::GetPMTQE(G4String CollectionName, G4double PhotonWavelength, G4int flag, G4double low_wl, G4double high_wl, G4double ratio){
  // XQ  08/17/10
  // Decide to include the QE in the WCSim detector 
  // rathe than hard coded into the StackingAction
  // This way, one can load this QE in both the StackingAction
  // and the sensitive detector.

  // flag
  // flag == 0 return the maximum QE for all wave length
  // flag == 1 return the actual QE for the wave length


  // low_wl and high_wl 
  // remove any optical photons outside the range
  // basically return QE = 0
  
  // ratio, fudge factor to increase QE for certain purpose

  // return 0 for wavelenght outside the range
  if (flag==1){
    if (PhotonWavelength <= low_wl || PhotonWavelength >= high_wl || PhotonWavelength <=280 || PhotonWavelength >=660){
      return 0;
    }
  }else if (flag==0){
    if (PhotonWavelength <= low_wl || PhotonWavelength >= high_wl){
      return 0;
    }
  }
  
  WCSimPMTObject *PMT;
  PMT = GetPMTPointer(CollectionName);
  G4double *wavelength;
  wavelength = PMT->GetQEWavelength();
  G4double *QE;
  QE = PMT->GetQE();
  G4double maxQE;
  maxQE = PMT->GetmaxQE();
  G4double wavelengthQE = 0;

  if (flag == 1){
    //MF: off by one bug fix.
    for (int i=0; i<=18; i++){
          if ( PhotonWavelength <= *(wavelength+(i+1))){
                wavelengthQE = *(QE+i) + 
                  (*(QE+(i+1))-*(QE+i))/(*(wavelength+(i+1))-*(wavelength+i))*
                  (PhotonWavelength - *(wavelength+i));
        break;
      }
    }
  }else if (flag == 0){
        wavelengthQE = maxQE; 
  }
  wavelengthQE = wavelengthQE *ratio;
  
  return wavelengthQE;
}