Thin-film NaI(Tl) scintillators for high-resolution large-area imaging of soft x rays

John A. Shepherd; Stanley E. Sobottka; Mark Bennett Williams

doi:10.1117/12.164730

16 December 1993 Thin-film NaI(Tl) scintillators for high-resolution large-area imaging of soft x rays

John A. Shepherd, Stanley E. Sobottka, Mark Bennett Williams

Proceedings Volume 2009, X-Ray Detector Physics and Applications II; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.164730
Event: SPIE's 1993 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1993, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We are developing NaI(Tl) phosphors to use on large-area, photon-counting imaging photomultiplier tubes. An x-ray absorption uniformity of 99% is expected over an area of 133 cm² at a film thickness of 38 +/- 1.5 micrometers . The spatial resolution of the scintillator films, up to 61 micrometers thick, is consistent with a total detector resolution of less than 92 micrometers , given a phototube resolution of 65 micrometers fwhm. The fwhm for 8 keV spots is presented as a function of angle up to 40 degrees off-incidence and a simple model for the broadening of the fwhm due to parallax is presented. Improvements of 20% in the light- collection efficiency were observed for fiber optic disks coated with potassium silicate before vapor-depositing the NaI(Tl). We also present absolute scintillation energy efficiency measurements by comparing our films to the scintillation of single crystal NaI(Tl).

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John A. Shepherd, Stanley E. Sobottka, and Mark Bennett Williams "Thin-film NaI(Tl) scintillators for high-resolution large-area imaging of soft x rays", Proc. SPIE 2009, X-Ray Detector Physics and Applications II, (16 December 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.164730

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