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Conundrum
Fri Sept 12 2014, 05:58AM
Conundrum Registered Member #96 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 05:37PM
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Cerium(III)-doped YAG (Ce:YAG or YAG:Ce) is a phosphor, or a scintillator when in pure single-crystal form, with wide range of uses. It emits yellow light when subjected to blue or ultraviolet light, or to x-ray light.[8] It is used in white light-emitting diodes, as a coating on a high-brightness blue InGaN diode, converting part of the blue light into yellow, which then appears as white.

(from Wikipedia)

It occurs to me that using a large area LED (broken presumably) as a source of YAG:Ce and then attaching this to the bare BPW34 or other large area photodiode might make a useful gamma sensor.
Has anyone tried this because it seems feasible and not particularly expensive as dead diodes are very common in LED lighting circles.
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Patrick
Fri Sept 12 2014, 07:13AM
Patrick Registered Member #2431 Joined: Tue Oct 13 2009, 09:47PM
Location: Chico, CA. USA
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Conundrum wrote ...

Cerium(III)-doped YAG (Ce:YAG or YAG:Ce) is a phosphor, or a scintillator when in pure single-crystal form, with wide range of uses. It emits yellow light when subjected to blue or ultraviolet light, or to x-ray light.[8] It is used in white light-emitting diodes, as a coating on a high-brightness blue InGaN diode, converting part of the blue light into yellow, which then appears as white.

(from Wikipedia)

It occurs to me that using a large area LED (broken presumably) as a source of YAG:Ce and then attaching this to the bare BPW34 or other large area photodiode might make a useful gamma sensor.
Has anyone tried this because it seems feasible and not particularly expensive as dead diodes are very common in LED lighting circles.

Are you advocating pulverizing the LED to get the chemistry, or using it as it was built?
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Shrad
Mon Sept 15 2014, 09:31AM
Shrad Registered Member #3215 Joined: Sun Sept 19 2010, 08:42PM
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better buy broken laser rods from dental heads... they are cheap and easy to find, at least when I last checked

I'd grind them with a carbide file or something (this is HARD)
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