The α-particle excited scintillation response of YAG:Ce thin films grown by liquid phase epitaxy

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 206, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1494-1500

  Prusa, Petr ^a,b   Nikl, Martin ^b   Mares, Jiri A ^b   Kucera, Miroslav ^c   Nitsch, Karel ^b   Beitlerova, Alena ^b  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAO-BASED FLUXES; BULK SINGLE CRYSTALS; CZOCHRALSKI; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; PARTICLE ENERGY; PARTICLE EXCITATIONS; PHOTOELECTRON YIELD; SCINTILLATION RESPONSE; TIME DEPENDENCE; VERY THIN FILMS; YAG: CE;

CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; LIQUIDS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; THIN FILMS;

DEPOSITION;

EID: 67650456577     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.200825050     Document Type: Article

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