AVS 63rd International Symposium & Exhibition
    Electronic Materials and Photonics Thursday Sessions
       Session EM+AC+SS+TF-ThM

Invited Paper EM+AC+SS+TF-ThM1
Novel High Energy Resolution Scintillator Detectors

Thursday, November 10, 2016, 8:00 am, Room 102A

Session: Radiation Detection Materials and Devices
Presenter: Arnold Burger, Fisk University
Authors: A. Burger, Fisk University
E. Rowe, Fisk University
L. Matei, Fisk University
P. Bhattacharya, Fisk University
M. Groza, Fisk University
K. Stassun, Vanderbilt University
A. Stowe, Consolidated Nuclear Security Y-12
N. Cherepy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
S. Payne, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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This presentation will review the status of bright scintillators for gamma and thermal neutrons applications. The scintillators are based on single crystals of halides or selenides that are activated by rare earth ions or are self activated. The main features that make them attractive for biological, medical, space and national security applications are: (i) high stopping power of radiation, (ii) high energy resolution, (iii) fast decay time, (iv) crystal growability at low cost, (v) good gamma/neutron discrimination via pulse shape analysis, and (vi) good spectral matching with silicon photodetectors for compact and low power devices and instrumentation.