Light Emission Mechanism of Lu2(SiO4)O:Ce

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 380-383

  Suzuki, H ^a   Tombrello, T A ^a   Melcher, C L ^b   Schweitzer, J S ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GAMMA RAYS; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LUTETIUM OXYORTHOSILICATE;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 0027649130     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.256584     Document Type: Article

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