LYSO scintillator #27
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Hi, yes you can use LYSO scintillators instead of NaI! They're actually great crystals (faster decay time, double the density, ...), but keep in mind that due to the material composition you will always have an ambient Lu-176 background. You will have to subtract that background for your other measurements. If you get one of the smaller ones like 4x4 mm is pretty much the ideal size for the SiPM coupling. Though, you will have a worse detection efficiency at higher energies then (compared to a larger scintillator). |
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Hi, yes you can use LYSO scintillators instead of NaI! They're actually great crystals (faster decay time, double the density, ...), but keep in mind that due to the material composition you will always have an ambient Lu-176 background. You will have to subtract that background for your other measurements.
If you get one of the smaller ones like 4x4 mm is pretty much the ideal size for the SiPM coupling. Though, you will have a worse detection efficiency at higher energies then (compared to a larger scintillator).