Can Pr-Doped YAP Scintillator Perform Better?

Author

Nikl, Martin ; Mares, Jiri A. ; Vedda, Anna ; Fasoli, Mauro ; Laguta, Valentin ; Mihokova, Eva ; Pejchal, Jan ; Zhuravleva, Mariya ; Yoshikawa, Akira ; Nejezchleb, Karel

Author_Institution

Inst. of Phys. AS CR v. v. i., Prague, Czech Republic

Volume

57

Issue

3

fYear

2010

fDate

6/1/2010 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1168

Lastpage

1174

Abstract

A numerous set of Pr-doped YAP single crystals was prepared using Czochralski and micro-pulling down methods. Crystals codoped by bi-, tri- and tetravalent ions were prepared by the latter method as well. The scintillation performance of all the prepared materials was evaluated using radioluminescence, photoelectron yield and scintillation decay measurements at room temperature. The influence of shallow traps was studied by means of thermoluminescence in the 10-350 K temperature range. Though the intrinsic scintillation efficiency of Pr-doped YAP is higher than that of YAP:Ce, enhanced delayed radiative recombination processes are found to be responsible for lower-than-expected photoelectron yield of the former system. The possibilities of further optimization of Pr-doped YAP scintillator are discussed.

Keywords

aluminium compounds; crystal growth from melt; doping; photoelectron spectra; praseodymium; solid scintillation detectors; thermoluminescence; yttrium compounds; Czochralski method; YAP scintillator; YAlO₃:Pr; codoping; micropulling down method; photoelectron yield; radiative recombination; radioluminescence; scintillation decay measurement; scintillation performance; temperature 10 K to 350 K; thermoluminescence; Aluminum; Chromium; Crystalline materials; Crystals; Delay; Doping; Materials science and technology; Physics; Temperature distribution; Temperature measurement; Luminescence; Pr-doped YAP; photoelectron yield; scintillator; thermoluminescence;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2010.2043116

Filename

5485127