Hot wall scintillator fabrication of strontium halide, calcium halide, cerium halide, and cesium barium halide scintillators
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1. A scintillator comprising, a dopant and a scintillator material selected from the group consisting of strontium halide, calcium halide, and CsBa2I5, wherein the scintillator is in the form of a microcolumnar scintillator film or a noncolumnar polycrystalline film.
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Strontium halide scintillators, calcium halide scintillators, cerium halide scintillators, cesium barium halide scintillators, and related devices and methods are provided.
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- 1. A scintillator comprising, a dopant and a scintillator material selected from the group consisting of strontium halide, calcium halide, and CsBa2I5, wherein the scintillator is in the form of a microcolumnar scintillator film or a noncolumnar polycrystalline film.
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8. A scintillator comprising, a scintillator material comprising cerium bromide (CeBr3) or calcium iodide (CaI2), wherein the scintillator is in the form of a microcolumnar scintillator film or a noncolumnar polycrystalline film.
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12. A method of making a scintillator, the method comprising:
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providing an evaporation apparatus comprising an evaporation chamber having a first end portion with a substrate positioned in a holder, and a second end portion with a first source boat separate from a second source boat, and one or more chamber walls at least partially disposed between the first and second end portions; positioning a dopant salt in the first source boat and a source salt in the second source boat; and depositing a scintillator film comprising a source and a dopant on a surface of the positioned substrate, wherein the film is deposited by a process comprising applying heat to the evaporation chamber so as to vaporize the dopant salt and the source salt for film deposition while maintaining, for at least a portion of the deposition process, a temperature of the one or more chamber walls to be greater than;
a) a temperature of the dopant salt in the first source boat and b) a temperature of the source salt in the second source boat. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for making a scintillator film, the method comprising:
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providing an evaporation apparatus comprising an evaporation chamber having a first end portion with a substrate positioned in a holder, and a second end portion with a source boat, and one or more chamber walls at least partially disposed between the first and second end portions; positioning a calcium halide source material in the source boat; and depositing a scintillator film on a surface of the positioned substrate to form the scintillator film, wherein the scintillator film comprises calcium halide.
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