Scintillator array for radiation detection
| DWPI Title: Radiation detector, comprises scintillator, comprising organic glass scintillator (OGS) material and plasticizer additive, where responsive to radiation impinging on scintillator, scintillator emits light; and photodetector coupled to scintillator such that light emitted by scintillator |
| Abstract: A radiation detector includes a photodetector and a scintillator coupled thereto. The scintillator is formed of a scintillator material comprising an organic glass scintillator (OGS) material and at least one of a polymer additive or a plasticizer additive. The scintillator emits light when radiation is received at the scintillator, and the light is received by the photodetector. The radiation detector can further include a frame that has an interior cavity that holds the scintillator in position with respect to the photodetector, such that the light emitted by the scintillator is transmitted to the photodetector. The scintillator can be formed by casting amorphous scintillator material in the interior cavity of the frame. The frame can then be coupled to the photodetector to form the radiation detector. |
| Use: Radiation detector. |
| Advantage: The radiation detector can further include a frame that has an interior cavity that holds the scintillator in position with respect to the photodetector, such that the light emitted by the scintillator is transmitted to the photodetector. The scintillator can be formed by casting amorphous scintillator material in the interior cavity of the frame. The frame can then be coupled to the photodetector to form the radiation detector. |
| Novelty: Radiation detector, comprises scintillator,comprising organic glass scintillator (OGS) material and plasticizer additive present in scintillator at a concentration of between 1-10wt.% mass of scintillator, where responsive to radiation impinging on scintillator, scintillator emits light; and photodetector coupled to scintillator such that light emitted by the scintillator is received at photodetector, where responsive to receipt of light photodetector outputs an electrical signal indicative of light. |
| Filed: 1/26/2021 |
| Application Number: US17158198A |
| Tech ID: SD 15326.0 |
| This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |
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