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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth J. McClellan, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of California, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/20 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to single crystal scintillators and includes a transparent single crystal of cerium-activated lutetium yttrium oxyorthosilicate having the general formula Lu,Y,Ce,SiO,, wherein 0.05≦x≦1.95 and 0.001≦z≦0.02. The crystal scintillator of the present invention is dense, bright, rugged, and non-hygroscopic and has a relatively short decay time for luminescence. The invention also includes a scintillation detector using the crystal scintillator, which produces an electrical signal in response to light received from the crystal scintillator upon exposure to gamma rays, x-rays, and the like.