High-efficiency SiO2:Ce3+ glass scintillators

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 4374-4376

  Chiodini, N ^a   Fasoli, M ^a   Martini, M ^a   Rosetta, E ^a   Spinolo, G ^a   Vedda, Anna ^a   Nikl, M ^b   Solovieva, N ^b   Baraldi, A ^c   Capelletti, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; GLASS; LUMINESCENCE; POSITIVE IONS; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING; SILICA; SOL-GELS;

GLASS SCINTILLATORS;

PHOSPHORS;

EID: 0037011609     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1524294     Document Type: Article

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