Crystal growth and evaluations of Nd:LuLiF4 scintillators for different Nd concentration

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3 PART 2, 2010, Pages 1312-1315

  Yanagida, Takayuki ^a   Kawaguchi, Noriaki ^a,b   Ishizu, Sumito ^b   Yokota, Yuui ^a   Fukuda, Kentaro ^b   Suyama, Toshihisa ^b   Yoshikawa, Akira ^a   Sekiya, Hiroyuki ^c   Kubo, Hidetoshi ^d   Tanimori, Toru ^d   Chani, Valery ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKUYAMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gamma ray detectors; Neodymium; Radiation detectors; Scintillation detectors

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PEAKS; AT-WAVELENGTH; DECAY TIME; DECAY TIME CONSTANT; EMISSION PEAKS; GAMMA RAY DETECTOR; GAMMA-RAY DETECTORS; LIGHT YIELD; LUMINESCENCE CENTERS; MAIN COMPONENT; MICRO-PULLING DOWN; ND-DOPED; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE; PHOTOABSORPTIONS; SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; WIDE BAND GAP;

CESIUM; GAMMA RAYS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; IONIZATION; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; NEODYMIUM; NEUTRON DETECTORS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 77953923810     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2010.2042965     Document Type: Conference Paper

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