Rare earth activated oxyfluoride glasses and glass-ceramics for scintillation applications

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 59, Issue 5 PART 2, 2012, Pages 2201-2206

  Rogulis, U ^a   Elsts, E ^a   Jansons, J ^a   Sarakovskis, A ^a   Doke, G ^a   Stunda, A ^b   Kundzins, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b RIGA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Cathodoluminescence; decay times; glass; glass ceramics

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE PHASE; CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; DECAY TIME; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYZERS; DOPED GLASS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; OXY-FLUORIDE GLASS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCINTILLATION APPLICATIONS; XRD;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; EUROPIUM; GLASS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

GLASS CERAMICS;

EID: 84867539737     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2012.2212724     Document Type: Article

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