Infra-red signature neutron detector

Bell, Zane William; Boatner, Lynn Allen

Infra-red signature neutron detector

Patent · 13 October 2009

OSTI ID:1001792

Bell, Zane William ^[1]; Boatner, Lynn Allen ^[1]

Oak Ridge, TN

A method of detecting an activator, the method including impinging with an activator a receptor material that includes a photoluminescent material that generates infrared radiation and generation a by-product of a nuclear reaction due to the activator impinging the receptor material. The method further includes generating light from the by-product via the Cherenkov effect, wherein the light activates the photoluminescent material so as to generate the infrared radiation. Identifying a characteristic of the activator based on the infrared radiation.

Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Assignee:: UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)

Patent Number(s):: 7,601,965

Application Number:: 12/228,659

OSTI ID:: 1001792

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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