T. Ludziejewski et al., INVESTIGATION OF SOME SCINTILLATION PROPERTIES OF YAG-CE CRYSTALS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 398(2-3), 1997, pp. 287-294
A light output expressed in the photoelectron (phe) number, a relative
light yield for alpha-particles and light pulse shapes for gamma-rays
and alpha-particles excitation of the YAG:Ce crystals with different
Ce doping between 0.012 and 1.08 mol% were studied. The highest light
output of 1420 +/- 70 phe/MeV was measured for the sample doped with 0
.21 +/- 0.03 mol% Ce, while the fastest pulse was observed for the sam
ple doped with 1.08 +/- 0.08 mol% Ce showing, however, lower light yie
ld by 10%. The relative light yield for alpha-particles of 0.21 +/- 0.
03 as compared to gamma-rays was approximately the same for all the sa
mples studied. In conclusion, the YAG:Ce crystal doped with about 1 mo
l% of Ce is the most appropriate for different applications. For this
crystal the alpha-gamma discrimination by digital charge comparison me
thod was studied. A clear separation was observed with the YAG crystal
coupled to the XP2020Q photomultiplier for 5.49 MeV alpha-particles f
rom Am-241 source and 6.04 MeV as well as 8.77 MeV from ThC source. Ho
wever, this separation was inferior compared to that known for CsI(Tl)
.