公开(公告)号：US20170097426A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-06

申请号：US15315035

申请日：2015-05-14

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Srinidhi RAMACHANDRA ,  Wusheng XU ,  Alok Mani SRIVASTAVA ,  Gopi Chandran RAMACHANDRAN ,  Prasanth Kumar NAMMALWAR ,  Sergei Ivanovich DOLINSKY ,  Helene Claire CLIMENT

IPC: G01T1/202 ,  G01T1/20 ,  G01V5/04

CPC classification number: G01T1/2023 ,  G01T1/2018 ,  G01V5/04

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for detecting photons are disclosed. The apparatus includes a scintillator single crystal and an avalanche photodiode coupled to the scintillator single crystal. The scintillator single crystal is at a temperature greater than about 175° C. and at a shock level in a range from about 20 Grms to about 30 Grms. The scintillator single crystal includes a praseodymium doped composition selected from (LaxY1-x)2Si2O7:Pr, ABCl3-yXy:Pr, A2(Li, Na)LaCl6-yXy:Pr, or any combinations thereof. As used herein A is cesium, rubidium, potassium, sodium, or a combination thereof, B is calcium, barium, strontium, magnesium, cadmium, zinc, or a combination thereof, and X is bromine, iodine, or a combination thereof. Further, (0