Ceramic scintillator body and scintillation device
AssigneeSaint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.
InventorsBrian C. LaCourse, Anne B. Hardy, Hélène Laetitia Rétot, Qiwei Chen, Xiaofeng Peng, Bruno Viana, Morteza Zandi
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Abstract
A ceramic scintillator body includes a polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material having a substantially cubic crystallographic structure. The polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material has a chemical composition represented by a general formula LU(2-x)GdxO3:Ac, where x is greater than zero and less than two, and where Ac is an activator.
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A scintillation device comprising a ceramic scintillator body that includes a polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material having a substantially cubic crystallographic structure, the polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material having a chemical composition represented by a general formula Lu(2-X)GdxO3:Ac, Me, wherein:
- x is greater than zero and less than two,
- Ac is an activator including cerium or samarium, and
- Me is a co-dopant that is different from the activator and includes calcium, zirconium, cerium terbium, or praseodymium.
A scintillation device comprising a ceramic scintillator body that includes a polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material having a substantially cubic crystallographic structure, the polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material having a chemical composition represented by a general formula Lu(2-x)GdxO3:Ac,Me, wherein:
- x is greater than zero and less than two,
- Ac is an activator comprising a rare earth element, and
- Me is a co-dopant including cerium, wherein the activator is different from the co-dopant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.