LU2S3-CE3+, A NEW RED LUMINESCING SCINTILLATOR

Authors
VANTSPIJKER JC DORENBOS P ALLIER CP VANEIJK CWE ETTEMA ARHF HUBER G
Citation
Jc. Vantspijker et al., LU2S3-CE3+, A NEW RED LUMINESCING SCINTILLATOR, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 134(2), 1998, pp. 304-309
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Instument & Instrumentation","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms → ACNP
ISSN journal
0168583X
Volume
134
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
304 - 309
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(1998)134:2<304:LANRLS>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Scintillation properties of Lu2S3:Ce3+ crystals are presented, The stu died crystals of similar to 1 x 1 x 1 mm(3) have the corundum structur e (density 6.25 g/cm(3), effective atomic number 66.8). The linear att enuation length or a 511 keV photon is 1.35 rm. The light yield is 75 000-30 000 photons per MeV and the decay lime is rather short, i.e. 32 ns. The emission spectrum is between 550 and 700 nm. peaking at 592 n m. Consequently the scintillation light can be efficiently detected by means of silicon diodes, (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.