Light yield non-proportionality and energy resolution of praseodymium doped LuAG scintillator

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 934-938

  Swiderski, L ^a   Moszynski, M ^a   Nassalski, A ^a   Syntfeld Kazuch, A ^a   Szczesniak, T ^a   Kamada, K ^b   Tsutsumi, K ^b   Usuki, Y ^b   Yanagida, T ^c   Yoshikawa, A ^c  

^a SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^b FURUKAWA CO LTD   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Energy resolution; Light Yield; Lutetium Aluminum Garnet; Non proportionality; Praseodymium

Indexed keywords

DECAY TIME; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; ENERGY RESOLUTION; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HIGH SENSITIVITY; INTRINSIC ENERGY RESOLUTION; LIGHT YIELD; NON-PROPORTIONALITY; SCINTILLATION PROPERTIES; SPECTROSCOPY AMPLIFIER; WAVELENGTH EMISSION; WIDE ENERGY RANGE;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; CESIUM; DOPING (ADDITIVES); EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GARNETS; LUMINESCENCE; LUTETIUM; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SILICATE MINERALS;

PRASEODYMIUM;

EID: 67649158594     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2015590     Document Type: Article

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