Seminars and Colloquia

Development of Halides Scintillators

by Dr Edith Bourret (LBL, Berkley)

Europe/Rome
Description

The pace of discovery of new inorganic scintillators has increased dramatically in the last decade with the demonstration of efficient scintillation in mixed and ternary halides1 and that of the power of engineering oxides compounds2. The ability to make new materials reproducibly is often key to major progress in fundamental physics and numerous applications. The field of scintillation is no exception and that single issue is impeding the rapid commercial development of these new materials. This presentation will focus on information obtained using advanced characterization techniques to further the understanding of scintillation mechanisms and accelerate the crystal process development. Moving forward in the development of scintillators require careful engineering of defects either unintentional (intrinsic) or added (alloying or co-doping) to improve one or more properties of the scintillator. Microscale structures, defects localization and their formation mechanisms are now needed knowledge. Development of a reliable crystal growth processes and engineering of the scintillation performance are linked as they affect each other.