Comparative study of scintillation properties of Cs2HfCl6 and Cs2ZrCl6

The photoluminescence and scintillation properties of Cs2HfCl6 and Cs2ZrCl6 crystals were investigated. Two emission bands in the photoluminescence spectra were observed at 375 and 435 nm for the Cs2HfCl6 crystal and at 440 and 479 nm for the Cs2ZrCl6 crystal. Similar spectra were observed for radioluminescence. The decay time constants were found to be about 2.2 and 8.4 mu s for Cs2HfCl6 and 1.5 and 7.5 mu s for Cs2ZrCl6. The scintillation light yields were estimated to be 27,500 and 25,100 photons/MeV for Cs2HfCl6 and Cs2ZrCl6, respectively. (C) 2016 The Japan Society of Applied Physics