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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Ashley Stowe, Knoxville, TN (US);
Arnold Burger, Nashville, TN (US);
Eric Lukosi, Knoxville, TN (US);
Ashley Stowe, Knoxville, TN (US);
Arnold Burger, Nashville, TN (US);
Eric Lukosi, Knoxville, TN (US);
Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Fisk University, Nashville, TN (US);
University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Abstract
A combined thermal neutron detector and gamma-ray spectrometer system, including: a detection medium including a lithium chalcopyrite crystal operable for detecting thermal neutrons in a semiconductor mode and gamma-rays in a scintillator mode; and a photodetector coupled to the detection medium also operable for detecting the gamma rays. Optionally, the detection medium includes aLiInSecrystal. Optionally, the detection medium comprises a compound formed by the process of: melting a Group III element; adding a Group I element to the melted Group III element at a rate that allows the Group I and Group III elements to react thereby providing a single phase I-III compound; and adding a Group VI element to the single phase I-III compound and heating; wherein the Group I element includes lithium.