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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2013
Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc, Livermore, CA (US);
Fisk University, Nashville, TN (US);
Stephen A. Payne, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Nerine J. Cherepy, Oakland, CA (US);
Giulia E. Hull, Oakland, CA (US);
Alexander D. Drobshoff, Livermore, CA (US);
Arnold Burger, Nashville, TN (US);
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a material comprises a crystal comprising strontium iodide providing at least 50,000 photons per MeV, where the strontium iodide material is characterized by a volume not less than 1 cm. In another embodiment, a scintillator optic includes europium-doped strontium iodide providing at least 50,000 photons per MeV, where the europium in the crystal is primarily Eu, and the europium is present in an amount greater than about 1.6%. A scintillator radiation detector in yet another embodiment includes a scintillator optic comprising SrIand BaI, where a ratio of SrIto BaIis in a range of between 0:1 and 1.0, the scintillator optic is a crystal that provides at least 50,000 scintillation photons per MeV and energy resolution of less than about 5% at 662 keV, and the crystal has a volume of 1 cmor more; the scintillator optic contains more than about 2% europium.