SCINTILLATORS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF

摘要

Scintillators of various constructions and methods of making and using the same are provided. In some embodiments, a scintillator comprises at least one radiation absorption region and at least one spatially discrete radiative exciton recombination region.

主权项

1. A polycrystalline scintillator comprising:
sintered crystalline semiconductor particles, the crystalline semiconductor particles formed of a radiation absorption region of a first semiconductor material and a spatially discrete radiative carrier recombination region of a second semiconductor material operable to receive carriers produced in the radiation absorption region.