Published January 21, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Energy transfer in pure and Ce-doped LiCaAlF6 and LiSrAlF6 crystals

  • 1. Institute for Scintillation Materials, 60 Lenin Ave., 61001 Kharkov (Ukraine)
  • 2. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
  • 3. Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 142, 22761 Hamburg (Germany)
  • 4. Physics Department, Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 5. Kagami Memorial Laboratory of Mat. Sci. and Techn., Waseda University, 2-8-26 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-0051 (Japan)

Description

Intrinsic ultra-fast scintillations at pulsed X-ray excitation were found in LiCaAlF6 and LiSrAlF6. Radiative recombination features of Ce-doped crystals are explained by differences of lattice properties, defect structure and Ce3+ ion environment in these crystals. The role of exciton formation, electron and hole traps, and energy transfer to the activator centers are discussed

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2004.08.023;
PII
S0168-9002(04)01832-7;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
537
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 266-270
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

Conference

Title
7. international conference on inorganic scintillators and their use in scientific and industrial applications
Acronym
SCINT 2003
Dates
8-12 Sep 2003
Place
Valencia (Spain)

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