Pomelo sales rep showing off the latest prototype sporting a 10mm x 10mm x 20mm CsI(Tl) crystal

I designed the device dimensions with a 2cc (10mm x 10mm x 20mm) CsI(Tl) scintillator in mind, but only had 3cc ones to test with. It’s why the detector element extended beyond the device’s edge, but now that the 2cc crystals arrived, I can share the final design and some preliminary performance plots.

The scintillator is not yet potted in silicone, which does decrease light output a little (and thus worsens resolution). I took spectra with several lab sources and computed the resolutions for every gamma line and checked the detector linearity.

Spectra for Am-241, Na-22, Cs-137, Mn-54, Co-60, and Th-232 on the same plot in logarithmic scale. Energy resolutions for each energy shown in the last column

Detector linearity plot. There is a small quadratic term that is typical of SiPMs