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US 11,573,338 B1Granted
Scintillator with fast decay time
AssigneeRadiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
InventorsVivek V. Nagarkar, Pijush Bhattacharaya
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Abstract
Scintillators that can support up to 20 MHz count rates, which is significantly faster than the required 100K counts/second needed for single crystal diffractometers and methods for fabricating them.
Claims21
A scintillator comprising:
- a layer of lithium-6 iodide doped with Cerium;
- the scintillator configured to support up to 20 MHz count rates.
A method for making a film of lithium-6 iodide, the method comprising:
- placing material to be deposited to form the film of lithium-6 iodide, doped with a predetermined doping material, in evaporation containers in an evaporation chamber, the placing occurring in an inert dry atmosphere;
- evacuating the evaporation chamber;
- depositing the film of lithium-6 iodide, doped with the predetermined doping material;
- and,
- placing the film of lithium-6 iodide, doped with the predetermined doping material in a hermetically sealed container, the placing occurring in the inert dry atmosphere;
- wherein the film of lithium-6 iodide is not exposed to an atmosphere with moisture.
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A method for making lithium-6 iodide single crystal components, the method comprising:
- growing a single crystal of lithium-6 iodide, doped with a predetermined doping material, the growing occurring in an inert dry atmosphere;
- slicing and polishing the single crystal, the slicing and polishing occurring in the inert dry atmosphere;
- placing at least one piece of sliced and polished single crystal in a hermetically sealed container, the placing occurring in the inert dry atmosphere;
- wherein the at least one piece of sliced and polished single crystal of lithium-6 iodide is not exposed to an atmosphere with moisture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.