Scintillation properties and time-resolved spectroscopy of a novel scintillator material: Ce3+-activated Li3Lu(PO 4)2 crystals

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3806-3818

  Wisniewski, Dariusz ^a   Boatner, Lynn A ^b  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerium activation; Energy transfer; Luminescence; Neutron detection; Scintillation; Scintillator materials

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION LEVEL; BAND GAP ENERGY; DECAY TIME CONSTANT; GAMMA-RAY PHOTONS; LIGHT YIELD; NEUTRON DETECTION; NEUTRON SENSITIVITY; SCINTILLATION PROPERTIES; SCINTILLATOR MATERIALS; THERMAL NEUTRONS; TIME RANGE; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; ENERGY TRANSFER; GAMMA RAYS; ISOTOPES; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; MATERIALS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NEUTRONS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 72349097313     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2032290     Document Type: Conference Paper

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