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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alok Mani Srivastava, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Holly Ann Comanzo, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Douglas Allen Doughty, Goffstown, NH (US);
William Winder Beers, Chesterland, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 1/114 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 1/114 ;
Abstract
A SrAl,O,green luminescent material is doped with Mn,activator ions and at least one trivalent rare earth sensitizer ion species. Preferably, the material contains four rare earth ions: Ce,, Pr,, Gd,and Tb,. Optionally, a portion of the aluminum may be substituted with magnesium. The material may be used as a display device or lamp phosphor or as an X-ray diagnostic or laster scintillator.