GROWTH AND SPECTROMETRIC TESTS ON BI4GE3O12 CRYSTALS

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DAFINEI, I [1 ]
MITROAICA, G [1 ]
ANGELESCU, T [1 ]
NICULESCU, I [1 ]
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[1] UNIV BUCHAREST,DEPT ATOM & NUCL PHYS,BUCHAREST,ROMANIA
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10.1002/crat.2170270702
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O7 [晶体学];
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0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
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A resistance-heated furnace with a good control of temperature gradients is used for the Czochralski growth of precipitate and colour free Bi4Ge3O12 (BGO) crystals up to 30 mm in diameter and 80 mm in length from a 45 mm diameter crucible. The quality of the grown crystals is discussed in connection with the growth conditions. Spectrometric tests made on scintillators obtained from BGO crystals are presented. A Monte Carlo program is used in order to compute the full energy peak efficiency of the detector for different energies and geometries. The computed values are compared to the experimental results.
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