High-Performance Portable Isotope Identification
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Hand-held radiation sensors are of high value to a wide range of industry and areas such as homeland security. Key requirements for such sensors are high energy resolution and good bulk efficiency. Conventionally, it is difficult to achieve both with the same device. Semiconductor detectors like CZT have high resolution but small volume, hence, low efficiency, while scintillator detectors have high efficiency but much poorer energy resolution.
We have developed a scintillator-based hand-held radiation sensor product with Kromek, a UK-based company, as part of a short KTP project. This project aims to substantially improve the performance of this product by exploring next-generation scintillator materials and novel photosensors. This will allow Kromek to stay ahead of the market and develop new products.
| University of York | LEAD_ORG |
| Kromek (United Kingdom) | PP_ORG |
| David Jenkins | PI_PER |
| Pankaj Joshi | RESEARCH_PER |
Subjects by relevance
- Energy efficiency
- Radiation
- Efficiency (properties)
- Detectors
- Production
- Safety and security
- Sensors
Extracted key phrases
- High energy resolution
- High resolution
- High efficiency
- High value
- Radiation sensor product
- Performance Portable Isotope identification
- Good bulk efficiency
- Scintillator detector
- Generation scintillator material
- Low efficiency
- Short KTP project
- Hand
- Semiconductor detector
- New product