TLYC – Thallium-based Elpasolites
Thallium-based elpasolites combine the best features of Sodium Iodide (NaI:Tl), Lanthanum (III) Bromide (LaBr3:Ce), and Helium-3 (He-3) into one scintillation detector. TLYC Thallium-based elpasolites provide simultaneous gamma-neutron detection, while enabling pulse shape discrimination between gamma-rays and thermal neutrons. They are expected to satisfy all the key requirements for gamma-ray detectors; high energy resolution, high detection efficiency and low cost. Furthermore, they will provide excellent thermal neutron detection capabilities and good pulse shape discrimination of gamma and neutron events.
Our scintillation detectors provide instrument manufacturers with new alternatives to building high performance, low cost radiation detection instruments. These instruments will be used in nuclear non-proliferation, nuclear treaty verification, environmental monitoring, nuclear waste cleanup, border security, oil well logging, medical imaging, nuclear and particle physics experiments, space physics, and non-destructive testing. Tl-based elpasolites are grown using the Bridgeman technique.