Performance of europium-doped strontium iodide, transparent ceramics and bismuth-loaded polymer scintillators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8142, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Cherepy, N J ^a   Payne, S A ^a   Sturm, B W ^a   O'Neal, S P ^a   Seeley, Z M ^a   Drury, O B ^a   Haselhorst, L K ^a   Rupert, B L ^a   Sanner, R D ^a   Thelin, P A ^a   Fisher, S E ^a   Hawrami, R ^b   Shah, K S ^b   Burger, A ^c   Ramey, J O ^d   Boatner, L A ^d  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

^c FISK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

bixbyites; gamma ray spectrometers; garnets; plastic scintillators; radiography scintillators; Scintillators; strontium iodide; transparent ceramics

Indexed keywords

BIXBYITES; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; EUROPIUM-DOPED; GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT YIELD; PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR; PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS; RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING; STATE OF THE ART; TRANSPARENT CERAMIC;

BISMUTH; CERAMIC MATERIALS; EUROPIUM; GADOLINIUM; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; IONIZATION; NEUTRON DETECTORS; PHOSPHORS; RADIATION DAMAGE; RADIOLOGY; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SPECTROMETERS; STRONTIUM; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 80055057074     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.896656     Document Type: Conference Paper

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