Published November 2004 | Version v1
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Scintillation characteristics of PrF3:Ce single crystal

Creators

  • 1. Institute of Physics AS CR, Cukrovarnicka 10, 16253 Prague (Czech Republic)
  • 2. Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577 (Japan)
  • 3. Stella Chemifa Co. Ltd., 3-6-3 Awaji-cho chuo-ku Osaka (Japan)
  • 4. Fukuda X'tal Laboratory, Sendai 989-3204, Sendai (Japan)

Description

Luminescence spectra and decay are measured under X- and gamma-ray excitation in single crystals of PrF3:Ce3% prepared by the micro-pulling-down method and compared with those of CeF3. The dominant emission of Ce3+ is peaking at 285 nm and both the photoluminescence and scintillation decays show similar decay times of 17 and 20 ns, respectively. Scintillation efficiency of PrF3:Ce is higher than that of CeF3 due to the absence of specific quenching in the ionisation track found earlier in the CeF3 scintillator. (copyright 2004 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH and Co. KGaA, Weinheim) (orig.)

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.200409070

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1002/pssa.200409070;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica Status Solidi. A, Applied Research
Journal Volume
201
Journal Issue
14
Journal Page Range
p. R108-R110
ISSN
0031-8965
CODEN
PSSABA

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
36019822
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
CERIUM ADDITIONS; CERIUM IONS; DE-EXCITATION; DOPED MATERIALS; EFFICIENCY; EMISSION SPECTRA; EXCITED STATES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAMMA DETECTION; LIFETIME; MONOCRYSTALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRASEODYMIUM FLUORIDES; RADIOLUMINESCENCE; SCINTILLATIONS; SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA; VISIBLE SPECTRA; X-RAY DETECTION
Descriptors DEC
ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; CHARGED PARTICLES; CRYSTALS; DATA; DETECTION; EMISSION; ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; FLUORIDES; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; INFORMATION; IONS; LUMINESCENCE; MATERIALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUMERICAL DATA; PHOTON EMISSION; PRASEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RARE EARTH ADDITIONS; RARE EARTH ALLOYS; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SPECTRA; TEMPERATURE RANGE

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Notes
With 2 figs., 13 refs.. SICI: 0031-8965(200411)201:14<::AID-PSSA200409070>3.0.TX;2-A