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Phoswich detectors were developed to detect low-intensity, low-energy gamma rays, X-rays, as well as alpha and beta particles efficiently in a higher-energy ambient background. Some detector designs can measure and separately identify all energies simultaneously.

A phoswich ("phosphor sandwich") is a combination of scintillators with dissimilar pulse shape characteristics optically coupled to each other and to a common PMT (or PMTs). Pulse shape analysis distinguishes the signals from the two scintillators, identifying in which scintillator the event occurred.

In 2010 development of a monolithic phoswich sensor technology was announced, departing from the discrete designs. This novel development, termed the continuous phoswich scintillator and detector, provides a number of bits of depth-of-interaction (DOI) information, a significant improvement over the 1 to 2 bits available previously with discrete phoswich scintillators.

Phoswich applications are frequently seen in sensitive and low-background radiation sensors used in space research.

References

  1. D. T. Wilkinson (1952). "The Phoswich-A Multiple Phosphor". Review of Scientific Instruments. 23 (8): 414-417. Bibcode:1952RScI...23..414W. doi:10.1063/1.1746324.

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