Yb3+-doped scintillation glass used for neutron and neutrino detection

Author

Sun, Xiaoli ; Xiao, Hongliang ; Qi, Lu ; Lv, Jingwen

Author_Institution

Mater. Sci. & Eng., Changchun Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Changchun, China

fYear

2012

fDate

23-25 Aug. 2012

Firstpage

417

Lastpage

419

Abstract

We have done researches on Yb³⁺-doped materials. In this paper, we present a new type of scintillation materials that can observe the neutrons, neutrinos. Through the experiment, we got two flickering glass systems detecting neutron and neutrino. One is doped with Cerium, Lithium, and its highest peak lies in 312 nm. The other system is doped with gadolinium, Yb, and the highest peak is located in 402 nm. They meet the detection of visible, ultraviolet area. This is also due to the charge migration between the excited state of the Yb³⁺ and ligand O^2-.

Keywords

aluminosilicate glasses; antimony compounds; barium compounds; borosilicate glasses; cerium compounds; gadolinium compounds; hydrogen compounds; lithium compounds; neutrino detection; neutron detection; optical glass; scintillation; solid scintillation detectors; ytterbium compounds; SiO₂-B₂O₃-Li₂O-Gd₂O₃-Yb₂O₃-Sb₂O₃-Ce₂O₃-Al₂O₃-BaO; SiO₂-H₃BO₃-AlF₃-Gd₂O₃-Yb₂O₃-Ba(NO₃)₂; charge migration; excited state; neutrino detection; neutron detection; scintillation glass; scintillation materials; Crystals; Furnaces; Glass; Neutrino sources; Neutrons; Sun; Yb; emission peak; scintillation; visible region;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optoelectronics and Microelectronics (ICOM), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Changchun, Jilin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2638-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICoOM.2012.6316304

Filename

6316304