Fundamental Limitations in the Performance of Ce3+-, Pr3+-, and Eu2+-Activated Scintillators

被引：214
作者：
Dorenbos, Pieter [1 ]
机构：
[1] Delft Univ Technol, Fac Sci Appl, NL-2629 JB Delft, Netherlands
来源：
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE | 2010年 / 57卷 / 03期
关键词：
Decay time; energy resolution; nonproportional response; scintillation yield; INORGANIC-COMPOUNDS; TRIVALENT LANTHANIDES; LUMINESCENCE; ENERGY; CRYSTALS; TRANSITIONS; DEFECTS; EU2+;
D O I：
10.1109/TNS.2009.2031140
中图分类号：
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号：
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要：
The fundamental limits on the scintillation decay, scintillation yield, and X-ray or gamma-ray energy resolution obtainable with Ce3+, Pf(3+), and Eu2+ activated inorganic scintillators are determined. Those limits are compared with what has been achieved today with scintillators like YAlO3:Ce, Lu2SiO5:Ce, LaCl3:Ce, LaBr3:Ce, LuI3:Ce, and emerging scintillators like Lu3Al5O12:Pr3+ and SrI2:Eu2+. Higher scintillation yield not necessarily leads to better energy resolution; nonproportional scintillation yield with deposited amount of ionization energy is an important aspect too that will be addressed.
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页码：1162 / 1167
页数：6
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