Growth of bulk gadolinium pyrosilicate single crystals for scintillators

Journal of Crystal Growth

Volumn 318, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 805-808

  Gerasymov, I ^a   Sidletskiy, O ^a   Neicheva, S ^a   Grinyov, B ^a   Baumer, V ^b   Galenin, E ^a   Katrunov, K ^a   Tkachenko, S ^a   Voloshina, O ^a   Zhukov, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SCINTILLATION MATERIALS   (Ukraine)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SINGLE CRYSTALS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

A1. Crystal structure; A2. Czochralski method; A2. Top Seeded Solution Growth; B1. Oxides; B3. Scintillators

Indexed keywords

A1. CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; A2. CZOCHRALSKI METHOD; B1. OXIDES; B3. SCINTILLATORS; TOP SEEDED SOLUTION GROWTH;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GADOLINIUM; IONIZATION; LUMINESCENCE; PHOSPHORS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 79952736516     PISSN: 00220248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2010.11.047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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