Luminescence and scintillation characteristics of heavily Pr3+ -doped PbWO4 single crystals

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Nikl, M ^a   Bohacek, P ^a   Vedda, A ^b   Fasoli, M ^b   Pejchal, Jan ^a   Beitlerova, A ^a   Fraternali, M ^c   Livan, M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SOURCES; LUMINESCENCE; POWDERS; PRASEODYMIUM; SCINTILLATION;

CONCENTRATION RANGES; CZOCHRALSKI METHODS; DECAY TIMES; EMISSION LINES; LIGHT DETECTORS; ONE HANDS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SCINTILLATION CHARACTERISTICS; SCINTILLATION DECAYS;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 56349153244     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3008002     Document Type: Article

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