Effect of Mg-, Zr-, and Ta-doping on scintillation properties of Gd 2SiO5: Ce crystal

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4 II, 2003, Pages 778-781

  Shimizu, S ^a,b   Sumiya, K ^c   Ishibashi, H ^c   Senguttvan, N ^c   Redkin, B S ^d   Ishii, M ^e   Kobayashi, M ^f   Susa, K ^c   Murayama, H ^b  

^a RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Showa Denko Materials Co   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^e SHONAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

Author keywords

GSO: Ce scintillator; Impurities doping; Transparency

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPACITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION; TRANSPARENCY;

LIGHT OUTPUT;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 0041926541     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.815149     Document Type: Conference Paper

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