LYSO(Ce) Scintillators

Features:
High light output
High density and anti-radiation hardness
Short decay time
Stable chemical and physical properties

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Basic Properties:

Melting Point (°C)	2070	Density (g/cm³)	7.2
Hygroscopic	None	Hardness (ns)	5.8
Wavelength of Emission Max(nm)	410	Refractive Index @ Emission Max	1.82
Decay Time (ns)	<40	Energy Resolution (%)	8.0
Light Yield (photons/MeV)	25000	Anti-radiation (rad)	>1x10⁸
Photoelectron Yield (% of NaI(Tl)) (for γ-rays)	75

Materials	Emission Peak Wavelength (nm)	Light Yield (photons/MeV)	Decay time (ns)	Density (g/cm³)	Photoelectron Yield (% of NaI(Tl))
LYSO(Ce)	420	25000	40	7.2	75
CaF2(Eu)	CaF2(Eu)	24000	940	3.18	50
CsI(Tl)	550	17100	1000	4.51	45
BGO	480	8200	300	7.13	8
PbWO4	560	50	900-20000	7.9	20
BaF2	310/325	1800/9950	0.6/620	4.9	5/16
LYAP	384	12000	20	7.43	35

Specifications:

Growth Method	Czochralski	Formula	Lu1.9Y0.1SiO5(Cerium content: 0.5mol%)
Maximum Dimension	∅105 mm x 200 mm	Available Items	Single crystal and arrays

Cerium-doped silicate yttrinm lutetium (or Ce:LYSO) crystal is a Cerium doped lutetium based scintillation crystal, it is a new type of scintillation materials which has excellent properties: high density, short decay time, high light output, anti-radiantion hardness, and stable chemical and physical properties. LYSO(Ce) is ideal for applications that require higher throughput, better timing and energy resolution, including time-of-flight Position Emission Tomography (PET) scanning machines.

Hangzhou Shalom EO offers the customized LYSO(Ce) blanks, polished components, scintillation screens and LYSO(Ce) arrays upon customer's request, our LYSO sctintillation crystals are grown by Czochralski method, the largest diameter of 105mm and maximum length of 200mm crystals are available.

Application Notes:

Positron emission tomography (PET)
Medically X-ray CT
High energy physics
Nuclear medicine
Nuclear radiation scanner
Geological prospecting
Radiation detector
Radiation Monitoring Systems
Gamma pulse spectroscopy

LYSO(Ce) Arrays

Features:
Three to four times the light emission of BGO
High density
Short decay time
Fast, single exponential decay time most PMTs

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Multilayer Scintillation Arrays

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LYSO(Ce) Scintillators

Features:High light outputHigh density and anti-radiation hardnessShort decay timeStable chemical and physical properties

LYSO(Ce) Arrays

Features:Three to four times the light emission of BGOHigh densityShort decay timeFast, single exponential decay time most PMTs

Multilayer Scintillation Arrays

Features:
High light output
High density and anti-radiation hardness
Short decay time
Stable chemical and physical properties

Features:
Three to four times the light emission of BGO
High density
Short decay time
Fast, single exponential decay time most PMTs