Nano-photonic Detector

Faculty in-charge: Prof. Niroj Kumar Sahu

Done by:

Joshua Marbaniang (15MNT0006)

Surendar (15MNT0007)

Nano-photonic Detector Application

A

new technique for detecting radiation

will increase nuclear surveillance
preventing smuggling of radioactive
materials.
Two common radiation detectors:
i. Scintillation detectors
ii. Solid-state detectors
But they have their drawbacks

The

drawbacks we overcome by the use of

Nano-photonic
Composite
Scintillation
Detector
Figure 1. Examples of scintillators from
molten glass. The wormlike blue
structure is an artifact from the glassmolding process.

Figure 2. Georgia Tech Research Institute

researchers
using novel materials and
nanotechnology
techniques
to
develop
improved radiation detection.

Working methodology
The

scintillation material has been developed

using
gadolinium
and
cerium
bromide
combined with silica and alumina which
suspended on glass matrix.
Gadolinium
is
important
material
in
scintillating detectors because its an absorber.
Whenever, the gamma ray energy absorbed by
gadolinium is not sufficiently converted into
visible light.
Instead, the gadolinium absorbs the energy
and transmits it to the cerium bromide, which
releases the energy in the visible spectrum.
http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?