Patent classifications
H01J29/30
Compositions of inorganic luminescent materials
Disclosed herein are material compositions that include a metal doped, alumina rich yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG:M). Also provided according to embodiments of the invention are scintillator compositions that include Y.sub.3-xM.sub.xAl.sub.5+yO.sub.12+z, as a primary phosphor and wherein 0x<0.03, 0.001<y<0.2 and 0z<0.012, or 0x<0.01, 0.001<y<0.1 and 0z<0.0625 and M comprises elements selected from cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), promethium (Pm), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), terbium (Tb), dysprosium (Dy), holmium (Ho), erbium (Er), thulium (Tm), ytterbium (Yb), Chromium (Cr) and lutetium (Lu). and can include a single or a mixture of a these elements.
Compositions of inorganic luminescent materials
Disclosed herein are material compositions that include a metal doped, alumina rich yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG:M). Also provided according to embodiments of the invention are scintillator compositions that include Y.sub.3-xM.sub.xAl.sub.5+yO.sub.12+z, as a primary phosphor and wherein 0x<0.03, 0.001<y<0.2 and 0z<0.012, or 0x<0.01, 0.001<y<0.1 and 0z<0.0625 and M comprises elements selected from cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), promethium (Pm), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), terbium (Tb), dysprosium (Dy), holmium (Ho), erbium (Er), thulium (Tm), ytterbium (Yb), Chromium (Cr) and lutetium (Lu). and can include a single or a mixture of a these elements.
Compositions of Inorganic Luminescent Materials
Disclosed herein are material compositions that include a metal doped, alumina rich yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG:M). Also provided according to embodiments of the invention are scintillator compositions that include Y.sub.3-xM.sub.xAl.sub.5+yO.sub.12+z, as a primary phosphor and wherein 0x<0.03, 0.001<y<0.2 and 0z<0.012, or 0x<0.01, 0.001<y<0.1 and 0z<0.0625 and M comprises elements selected from cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), promethium (Pm), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), terbium (Tb), dysprosium (Dy), holmium (Ho), erbium (Er), thulium (Tm), ytterbium (Yb), Chromium (Cr) and lutetium (Lu). and can include a single or a mixture of a these elements.