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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2008
Stephen A. Payne, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Nerine J. Cherepy, Oakland, CA (US);
Giulia E. Hull, Rome, IT;
Alexander D. Drobshoff, Livermore, CA (US);
Arnold Burger, Nashville, TN (US);
Stephen A. Payne, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Nerine J. Cherepy, Oakland, CA (US);
Giulia E. Hull, Rome, IT;
Alexander D. Drobshoff, Livermore, CA (US);
Arnold Burger, Nashville, TN (US);
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Fisk University, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a material comprises a crystal comprising strontium iodide providing at least 50,000 photons per MeV. A scintillator radiation detector according to another embodiment includes a scintillator optic comprising europium-doped strontium iodide providing at least 50,000 photons per MeV. A scintillator radiation detector in yet another embodiment includes a scintillator optic comprising SrIand BaI, wherein a ratio of SrIto BaIis in a range of between 0:1 A method for manufacturing a crystal suitable for use in a scintillator includes mixing strontium iodide-containing crystals with a source of Eu, heating the mixture above a melting point of the strontium iodide-containing crystals, and cooling the heated mixture near the seed crystal for growing a crystal. Additional materials, systems, and methods are presented.