Gigahertz (GHz) hard x-ray imaging using fast scintillators
Abstract
Gigahertz (GHz) imaging technology will be needed at high-luminosity X-ray and charged particle sources. It is plausible to combine fast scintillators with the latest picosecond detectors and GHz electronics for multi-frame hard Xray imaging and achieve an inter-frame time of less than 10 ns. The time responses and light yield of LYSO, LaBr3, BaF2 and ZnO are measured using an MCP-PMT detector. Zinc Oxide (ZnO) is an attractive material for fast hard X-ray imaging based on GEANT4 simulations and previous studies, but the measured light yield from the samples is much lower than expected.
- Publication:
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Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics XV
- Pub Date:
- September 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1117/12.2022294
- Bibcode:
- 2013SPIE.8852E..1AW