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Inorganic Scintillators

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Wide-Gap Luminescent Materials: Theory and Applications

Part of the book series: Electronic Materials: Science and Technology ((EMST,volume 2))

Abstract

Inorganic scintillators may well be the least well understood of all wide-gap luminescent materials. Despite a long and venerable history, the phenomenon of scintillation has not been the beneficiary of any unifying comprehensive theoretical support, nor have scintillator materials shown any consistent systematics. Nevertheless, such materials have found wide use in such diverse technological areas as medical radiology (PET), high-energy physics, nondestructive testing, and transportation security, and are becoming even more ubiquitous with each passing year.

In this chapter, we shall attempt to provide a coherent picture of the present state of understanding of the scintillation process and the crystalline materials that manifest it. The basic steps in the process will be described, along with an approach for evaluating them. The performance of a number of widely used materials will be quantified using this model, and the general state-of-the-art will be concisely summarized. Finally, we shall identify a number of vital issues that remain to be solved, and, hopefully, alert the broad and talented luminescence community to the challenges and opportunities lying on their doorstep.

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