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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventors:
Pin Yang, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Haoran Deng, Albuquerque, NM (US);
F. Patrick Doty, Livermore, CA (US);
Xiaowang Zhou, Livermore, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 33/50 (2010.01); C09K 11/85 (2006.01); C09K 11/77 (2006.01); G01T 1/20 (2006.01); F21K 99/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 11/7773 (2013.01); F21K 9/56 (2013.01); G01T 1/2006 (2013.01); H01L 33/502 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to sorohalide compounds having formula ABX, where A is an alkali metal, B is a rare earth metal, and X is a halogen. Optionally, the sorohalide includes a dopant D. Such undoped and doped sorohalides are useful as scintillation materials or phosphors for any number of uses, including for radiation detectors, solid-state light sources, gamma-ray spectroscopy, medical imaging, and drilling applications.