Influence of RE doping on the scintillation properties of LSO crystals

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1216-1220

  Qin, Laishun ^a,b   Ren, Guohao ^b   Lu, Sheng ^b   Ding, Dongzhou ^b   Li, Huanying ^b  

^a CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

Author keywords

LSO; RE doping; Scintillation properties

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

LUTETIUM OXYORTHOSILICATE (LSO) CRYSTALS; RARE EARTH (RE) DOPING; SCINTILLATION PROPERTIES;

RHENIUM;

EID: 45849114794     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.915686     Document Type: Conference Paper

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