Published January 21, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Scintillation properties of LuI3:Ce

  • 1. Radiation Monitoring Devices, Watertown, MA 02472 (United States)
  • 2. Radiation Technology Group, Interfaculty Reactor Institute, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 15, 2629 JB Delft (Netherlands)

Description

Lutetium iodide (LuI3) is a new addition to the family of Ce-doped lanthanide trihalide scintillating materials. Crystals of this material show hexagonal structure with density of 5.6 g/cm3 and have been grown by the Bridgman method. Under X-ray excitation this material exhibits broad, cerium based emission that peaks at 475 and 520 nm. The fastest and major component of scintillation time profile of LuI3:Ce emission decays with a 31 ns time constant. The light yield of LuI3:Ce for thin samples (∼0.2 mm) was estimated to be ∼50,000 photons/MeV

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2004.08.026;
PII
S0168-9002(04)01835-2;

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. 279-281
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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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.