Evaluation of properties of YAG (Ce) ceramic scintillators

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5 III, 2005, Pages 1836-1841

  Yanagida, Takayuki ^a   Takahashi, Hiromitsu ^a   Ito, Takeshi ^a   Kasama, Daisuke ^a   Enoto, Teruaki ^a   Sato, Mitsuhiro ^a   Hirakuri, Shinya ^a   Kokubun, Motohide ^a   Makishima, Kazuo ^a   Yanagitani, Takagimi ^b   Yagi, Hideki ^b   Shigeta, Takashi ^c   Ito, Takashi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KONOSHIMA CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^c Baikowski Japan Company Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ce3+; Ceramic; Scintillators; Y3Al5O12 (YAG)

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

CE3; LIGHT YIELD; Y3AL5O12 (YAG);

PHOSPHORS;

EID: 29144478759     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.856757     Document Type: Article

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