Scintillation characteristics of lutetium oxyorthosilicate (Lu 2SiO5:Ce) crystals doped with cerium ions

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 531, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 560-565

  Ren, Guohao ^a   Qin, Laishun ^a   Lu, Sheng ^a   Li, Huanying ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Characterization; LSO crystals; Scintillation

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; CHARACTERIZATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; POSITIVE IONS; SCINTILLATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THERMAL EFFECTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CERIUM IONS; DECAY TIME; SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS; SCINTILLATION PROPERTIES;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 4544380873     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.05.083     Document Type: Article

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