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Basic information of LYSO(ce) scintillator: LYSO (ce) is a new type of scintillator crystal, it has excellent scintillation properties, like high light output, short decay time, also stable physical and mechanical properties in high density and high Z value as well as strong anti-radiation hardness. Growth method: Czochralski Formula: Lu1.9Y0.1SiO5(Cerium content: 0.5mol%) Maximum dimension: ∅ 90 mm x 200 mm Available items: Single crystal and Pixelated LYSO(ce)
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Basic information of BGO scintillator: Bismuth Germanate(Bi4Ge3O12) commonly abbreviated as BGO, is a scintillation crystal that can emit green fluorescent light with a peak wavelength of 480 nm, colorless, transparent and insoluble in water. Growth method: Bridgman Formula: Bi4Ge3O12 Maximum dimension: ∅ 50 mm x 300 mm , 40 mm x 80 mm x 280 mm Available items: Single crystal and Pixelated BGO crystal
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Basic information of CdWO4 scintillator: Cadmium Tungstate (CdWO4) is a scintillation crystal with extremely low afterglow, good radiation resistance, high density and high Z value, low decay time also with relatively high light output. Growth method: Bridgman Maximum dimension: ∅ 80 mm x 200 mm Available items: Single crystal and Linear or 2D array
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Basic information of PbWO4 scintillator: Lead Tungstate(PbWO4) crystal is distinguished by its short radiation length and strong irradiation hardness, it has emission peaks between 440/550 nm with a fast decay time in the range 6/30 ns. Growth method: Bridgman Maximum dimension: ∅50 mm x 200 mm length Available item: Single crystal
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Basic information of YSO(ce) scintillator: Cerium doped silicate yttrium, YSO(ce), belongs to monoclinic rare earth ortho-silicate crystal, it is similar with the LYSO(ce) crystal, while generally used as a semiconductor and in photo optic applications. Growth method: Czochralski Maximum dimension: ∅ 80 mm x 160 mm length Available item: Single crystal
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Basic information of YAG(ce) scintillator: YAG (ce) is a non-hygroscopic, chemically inert inorganic scintillator, the wavelength of maximum emission at 550 nm is well matched to CCD sensitivity, and it has reasonably fast scintillator(75 ns decay time) with a relatively high light yield of 12% of NaI(TI) scintillator. YAG(ce) can be used in the harsh environment to detect alpha, gamma rays due to its stable physical and mechanical property, especially for electron microscopy applications.
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Basic information of YAP(ce) scintillator: YAP (ce) scintillator crystal has fast decay time(28 ns) abd relatively high light yield(40% of NaI:TI), the emission peak is 360-380 nm, which can be effectively matched with most of the current read out system. YAP(ce) can be machining precisely, used for gamma and x-ray counting, electron microscopy, electron and X-ray imaging screens.
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Basic information of NaI(tl) scintillator: Thallium doped sodium iodide, NaI(tl) scintillator, is the most widely used scintillation material, it has the greatest light output and convenient emission range coincident with maximum efficiency region of photo multiplier tube(PMT). Growth method: Bridgman Maximum dimension: ∅ 146 mm x 300 mm length, 100 mm x 100 mm x 400 mm Available items: Crystal blank and Encapsulated
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Basic information of CsI(tl) scintillator: Thallium doped cesium iodide, CsI(tl) scintillator, is one of the brightest material, its emission peak was at 550 nm, which can be matched well with photo-diode, thus the read out system can be simplified a lot. Growth method: Bridgman Maximum dimension: ∅ 110 mm x 300 mm length Available items: Single crystal and Linear or 2D array
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Basic information of CsI(na) scintillator: Sodium doped cesium iodide, CsI(na) scintillator, has the relatively high light output, around 85% of NaI (TI) scintillator, and it has good mechanical and thermal shock resistance, which can be well used in the harsh environment like oil well logging field after encapsulation. Growth method: Bridgman Maximum dimension: ∅ 90 mm x 300 mm Available items: Crystal blank and Encapsulated
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Basic information of undoped-CsI scintillator: Growth method: Bridgman Maximum dimension: ∅90 mm x 300 mm length Available item: Single crystal Undoped CsI scintillator has the main short decay time at 16 ns, there is also a much slow component at 1000 ns, compared with doped CsI, it has good anti-radiation hardness, with which nearly no radiation damage can be seen for does up to 1000 Gray and can be self-recovered after some time.
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Basic information of CaF2(eu) scintillator: Growth method: Bridgman Maximum dimension: ∅60 mm x 120 mm length Available items: single crystal
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Basic information of LaBr3(Ce) scintillator: Cerium doped LaBr3(LBC) is one of new generation inorganic scintillation crystal, which possesses the best energy resolution around 2.8-3.6% than all known scintillators, and its light output is 1.7 times higher than NaI(TI) with the short decay time at only 25ns, which has gained special interest due to their high density and atomic number as well.
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Barium fluoride shows good optical transmission over wide spectrum range, which can be used as UV-IR windows in 0.15μm~12.5μm. It also presents excellent scintillation properties, which is widely used in high energy physics, nuclear physics and nuclear medical instruments, and etc. The emission of BaF2 consists of a fast component with =0.6ns at 180-240nm and a slow one with 620ns at 310nm. Its luminescence intensity is independent on temperature.

Cerium fluoride (CeF3) is an excellent inorganic scintillation crystal found recently years. It's good for application in various high energy physics experiments.

Cerium bromide (CeBr3) has become a material of interest in the race for high-resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy at room temperature. This investigation quantified the potential of CeBr3 as a room-temperature, high-resolution gamma-ray detector. The performance of CeBr3 crystals was compared to other scintillation crystals of similar dimensions and detection environments. Comparison of self-activity of CeBr3 to cerium-doped lanthanum tribromide (LaBr3:Ce) was performed.

LSO(Ce) is a new kind of inorganic scintillation material, of which advance property including high light output, short decay time, excellent radioresistance, high density, more Effective atomic number, high detection efficiency again γ ray, non-hygroscopic, stable etc. It’s widely used in Nuclear physics, nuclear medical, high energy physics, geologic survey etc.

Basic information of plastic scintillator: Plastic scintillator is a special scintillation material, the main feature are its fast time response, low cost and large area possibility, it is very sensitive for alpha, beta-rays and other particles with lower energy range. Growth method: Polymeric Regular dimensions: 50 x 500 x 1000 mm/1200 mm, 50 x 700 x 1400 mm, 500 x 500 x 120 mm 200 x 200 x 0.5 mm/1.0 mm, 300 x 300 x 0.5 mm/1.0 mm ∅50 x 1000 mm/2000 mm
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X-rays, gamma rays, fast neutrons and charged particles Large size available Low cost

Material: K-9(BK7) glass or Quartz Shape: trapezoid or customized Transmission rate: 98% min Refractive index: 1.51630 When you ever encounter the problem, that the dimensions of scintillator crystals didn`t match well with the read out system? Our light guide will solve you this problem properly, the dimensions and shape could be customized based on request.
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