Improvement in scintillation performance of Ce, Er codoped yttrium aluminum garnet crystals by means of a postgrowth treatment

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Solodovnikov, D ^a   Weber, M H ^a   Lynn, K G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CERIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; ERBIUM; GARNETS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; OXYGEN; POSITIVE IONS; POWDERS; SCINTILLATION; SILICATE MINERALS; VACANCIES; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

CATION VACANCIES; CO-DOPED; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

EID: 51749117571     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2981086     Document Type: Article

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