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NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
Volume 579, Issue 1, Pages 38-41Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.04.009
Keywords
scintillator; transparent ceramic; optical ceramic; garnet; luminescence; Ce dopant; light yield; Ce(3+)
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For rapid, unambiguous isotope identification, scintillator detectors providing high-resolution gamma ray spectra are required. We have fabricated Lutetium Aluminum Garnet (LuAG) using transparent ceramic processing, and report a 2-mm thick ceramic exhibiting 75% transmission and light yield comparable to single-crystal LuAG:Ce. The LuAG:Ce luminescence peaks at 550nm, providing an excellent match for Silicon Photodiode readout. LuAG is dense (6.67 g/cm(3)) and impervious to water, exhibits good proportionality and 14 a fast decay (similar to 40ns), and we measure light yields in excess of 20,000 photons/MeV. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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