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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2007
Stephen A. Payne, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Arnold Burger, Nashville, TN (US);
Krishna C. Mandal, Ashland, MA (US);
Stephen A. Payne, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Arnold Burger, Nashville, TN (US);
Krishna C. Mandal, Ashland, MA (US);
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
GaTe semiconductor is used as a room-temperature radiation detector. GaTe has useful properties for radiation detectors: ideal bandgap, favorable mobilities, low melting point (no evaporation), non-hygroscopic nature, and availability of high-purity starting materials. The detector can be used, e.g., for detection of illicit nuclear weapons and radiological dispersed devices at ports of entry, in cities, and off shore and for determination of medical isotopes present in a patient.