Patent ID: 8178008
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: G01T,H01L

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor material for radiation absorption and detection comprising a ternary composition of stoichiometry LiM 2+ G V and exhibiting an antifluorite-type ordering, where the stoichiometric fractions are Li=1, M 2+ +=1, and G V =1, wherein M 2+ is selected from the group consisting of Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ru, Os, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Zn, Cd, Hg, Sn, and Pb, and wherein G V is selected from the group consisting of N, P, As, Sb, and Bi, and wherein Li consists of 6 Li, and wherein an electron-hole pair is created by absorption of radiation, and wherein the electron-hole pair is detected by generating a current pulse.