Energy resolution of calcium co-doped LSO:Ce scintillators

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2744-2750

  Syntfeld Kazuch, Agnieszka ^a   Moszyński, Marek ^a   Świderski, Lukasz ^a   Szcześniak, Tomasz ^a   Nassalski, Antoni ^a   Melcher, Charles L ^b   Spurrier, Merry A ^c  

^a SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERGLOW SUPPRESSION; ATOMIC PERCENT; CO-DOPED; CO-DOPING; CONCENTRATION OF; DECAY TIME; DIVALENT CATION; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; LIGHT OUTPUT; NONPROPORTIONALITY; SCINTILLATION PROPERTIES; UNDERLYING MECHANISM; X-RAY SOURCES;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; COBALT; CRYSTALS; LUMINESCENCE; LUTETIUM; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 67649214513     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774941     Document Type: Conference Paper

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