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High aspect ratio scintillator detector for neutron detection

US8952337B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC. · US

Inventors

Peter R. Menge · Novelty, US
Michael R. Kusner · Bainbridge, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 20, 2010
Grant date	Feb 10, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 24, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01T3/06
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A detection device includes a photon sensor and a scintillator device optically coupled to the photon sensor. The scintillator device includes a scintillator material having a first refractive index, a first refractive material in a first annular space around the scintillator material, and a second refractive material in a second annular space around the first annular space. The first refractive material has a second refractive index. The second refractive index is less than the first refractive index. The second refractive material has a third refractive index. The third refractive index is less than the second refractive index.

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