NONLINEAR RESPONSE IN THE SCINTILLATION YIELD OF LU2SIO5 CE(3+)

Authors
DORENBOS P DEHAAS JTM VANEIJK CWE MELCHER CL SCHWEITZER JS
Citation
P. Dorenbos et al., NONLINEAR RESPONSE IN THE SCINTILLATION YIELD OF LU2SIO5 CE(3+), IEEE transactions on nuclear science, 41(4), 1994, pp. 735-737
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
IEEE transactions on nuclear science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189499
Volume
41
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Part
1
Pages
735 - 737
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9499(1994)41:4<735:NRITSY>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The absolute light yield of cerium doped lutetium oxyorthosilicate Lu2 SiO5:Ce3+ (LSO:Ce) scintillation crystals is presented. From 60 keV to above 1 MeV the light output increases linearly with the gamma-ray en ergy and is about 67% of that of NaI(Tl+). However, a non-linear respo nse is observed for X-ray energies between 5 and 60 KeV. For compariso n, we also studied the light yield of a Gd2SiO5:Ce3+ crystal and a CsI :Tl crystal as a function of excitation energy.