Published October 21, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Detection of scintillation light from Pr:Lu3Al5O12(LuAG) by gallium nitride photodiode

  • 1. Materials Research Laboratory, Furukawa Co., Ltd., 1-25-13 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856 (Japan)
  • 2. Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577 (Japan)

Description

Pr:Lu3Al5O12 (LuAG) scintillator has interesting properties including a very fast 5d-4f emission decay time, excellent energy resolution, and high light yield. In order to use Pr:LuAG for radiation detection, the photodetector must have ultraviolet wavelength sensitivity because Pr:LuAG has a short emission wavelength of around 310 nm. A gallium nitride (GaN)-photodiode (PD) has maximum wavelength sensitivity between 300 and 400 nm, and so may be the most suitable photodetector for Pr:LuAG. In this work, we report the results of alpha-ray spectroscopy measurements by GaN-PD (ALGAN UVPD-380TO46BL) for Pr:LuAG.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2009.05.149

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2009.05.149;
PII
S0168-9002(09)01066-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
610
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 215-217
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

Conference

Title
5. international conference on new developments in photodetection
Acronym
NDIP08
Dates
15-20 Jun 2008
Place
Aix-les-Bains (France)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41063321
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
DECAY; EMISSION; ENERGY RESOLUTION; GALLIUM NITRIDES; MONOCRYSTALS; PRASEODYMIUM; RADIATION DETECTION; SCINTILLATIONS; SENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISIBLE RADIATION; WAVELENGTHS; YIELDS
Descriptors DEC
CRYSTALS; DETECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTS; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; METALS; NITRIDES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PNICTIDES; RADIATIONS; RARE EARTHS; RESOLUTION

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