Scintillation properties of transparent ceramic pr:LuAG for different pr concentration

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 59, Issue 5 PART 2, 2012, Pages 2146-2151

  Yanagida, Takayuki ^a   Fujimoto, Yutaka ^b   Kamada, Kei ^c   Totsuka, Daisuke ^d   Yagi, Hideki ^e   Yanagitani, Takagimi ^e   Futami, Yoshisuke ^b   Yanagida, Satoko ^a   Kurosawa, Shunsuke ^b   Yokota, Yuui ^b   Yoshikawa, Akira ^b   Nikl, Martin ^f  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FURUKAWA CO LTD   (Japan)

^d Nihon Kessho Kogaku Compnay Ltd   (Japan)

^e KONOSHIMA CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^f INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Gamma ray detection; scintillation counters; solid scintillation detectors

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC SAMPLES; CRYSTAL COUNTERPARTS; DOPED SAMPLE; FAST SCINTILLATOR; GAMMA-RAY DETECTION; LIGHT YIELD; OPTICAL CERAMICS; PROSPECTIVES; RAY EXCITATION; SCINTILLATION DECAY; SCINTILLATION PROPERTIES; TRANSPARENT CERAMIC;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; GAMMA RAYS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SINTERING;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 84864269682     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2012.2189583     Document Type: Article

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