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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, Llc, Aiken, SC (US);
Inventors:
Ricardo D. Torres, Aiken, SC (US);
Lindsay T. Sexton, Aiken, SC (US);
Roderick E. Fuentes, Aiken, SC (US);
José Cortes-Concepción, Aiken, SC (US);
Assignee:
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC, Aiken, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/20 (2006.01); G01T 1/202 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/2002 (2013.01); G01T 1/202 (2013.01);
Abstract
Photonic crystal scintillators and their methods of manufacture are provided. Exemplary methods of manufacture include using a highly-ordered porous anodic alumina membrane as a pattern transfer mask for either the etching of underlying material or for the deposition of additional material onto the surface of a scintillator. Exemplary detectors utilizing such photonic crystal scintillators are also provided.