Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Demystify high-resolution Scintillation with Cody Cole from Berkeley Nucleonics and special guest Paul Schotanus from Scionix as we dive into the current landscape of high-resolution detectors in the 662 KeV Gamma range: CeBr3, LaBr3, SrI2, CLYC, and GAGG.

►Intro
0:00 - 0:30 Intro/Overview to Commercially Available High Resolution Detectors
0:31 - 1:40 Scintillator professional and technical applications
1:41 - 3:45 History of Crystals: CeBr, LaBr, GAGG, CLYC
►Overview
3:46 - 5:15 Determining the best resolution detector
5:16 - 6:33 Optimal resolutions for top-line indentifiers, other instruments
6:34 - 8:07 Detector key metrics, stability and performance
8:08 - 10:18 Detector key metrics 2, fast timing, high count rates
10:19 - 12:00 Ideal configuration for photoelectron detection (PMTs, SIPMs)
12:01 - 12:47 Low energy behavior (X-ray resolution, light output)
12:48 - 15:38 Novel high resolution crystals with high QE PMTs
15:39 - 17:26 LaBr3 and CeBr3: fast, newer scintillation materials
17:27 - 18:06 CeBr3 Continued: many applications, radiation hard, fast speed
18:07 - 18:51 LBC: similar to LaBr3, fast decay time, versatile crystal
18:52 - 19:50 SrI: Very bright and proportional crystal, radiopure
19:51 - 20:54 CLYC: fast neutron spectroscopy
20:55 - 21:48 GAGG: first non hygroscopic, high brighteness crystal
21:49 - 23:32 Finding the crystal for your application
►Wrap-Up
23:33 - 25:08 | Summary, BNC and Scionix contact information
25:09 onwards | Q&A on presentation, high resolution detectors

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