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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2014
Ashley C. Stowe, Knoxville, TN (US);
Arnold Burger, Nashville, TN (US);
Michael Groza, Hendersonville, TN (US);
Ashley C. Stowe, Knoxville, TN (US);
Arnold Burger, Nashville, TN (US);
Michael Groza, Hendersonville, TN (US);
Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Fisk University, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A bulk semiconducting scintillator device, including: a Li-containing semiconductor compound of general composition Li-III-VI, wherein III is a Group III element and VI is a Group VI element; wherein the Li-containing semiconductor compound is used in one or more of a first mode and a second mode, wherein: in the first mode, the Li-containing semiconductor compound is coupled to an electrical circuit under bias operable for measuring electron-hole pairs in the Li-containing semiconductor compound in the presence of neutrons and the Li-containing semiconductor compound is also coupled to current detection electronics operable for detecting a corresponding current in the Li-containing semiconductor compound; and, in the second mode, the Li-containing semiconductor compound is coupled to a photodetector operable for detecting photons generated in the Li-containing semiconductor compound in the presence of the neutrons.