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Scintillation Crystals Laser Optoelectronics

YMT provide laser crystals used in different applications.

Thallium doped Sodium Iodide is the most widely used scintillation material. NaI(Tl) is used traditionally in nuclear medicine, environmental monitoring , nuclear physics, aerial survey, well logging and  many other applications. The greatest light output among scintillators, convenient emission range coincident with maximum efficiency region of photomultiplier(PMT) with bialkali photocatodes, the possibility of large-size crystals production, and their low prices compared with other scintillation materials compensate to a great extent for the main NaI(Tl) disadvantage, namely, the hygroscopicity, on account of which NaI(Tl) can be used only in hermetically sealed assemblies.

Inorganic polycrystalline scintillator crystals are widely recognized as suitable alternatives to single crystal scintillators in many applications where thermal and mechanical shock are encountered. This crystal offers ruggedness combined with a scintillation performance identical to single crystal NaI(Tl). 

Scintillation properties of NaI:

Density(g.cm-3) 3.67
Radiation length(cm) 2.59
Decay constant(us) 0.23us
Emission peak(nm) 415
Light yield(%NaI:Tl) 100
Melting point(°C) 651
Hardness(Mho) 2
refractive Index 1.85
Hygroscopicity Strongly
Cleavage (100)

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