• DocumentCode
    52460
  • Title

    Absolute Light Yield Measurements on SrF _2 and BaF _2 Doped With Rare Earth Ions

  • Author

    Shendrik, Roman ; Radzhabov, Evgeny

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. of Phys. of Monocrystals, Vinogradov Inst. of Geochem., Irkutsk, Russia
  • Volume
    61
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Feb. 2014
  • Firstpage
    406
  • Lastpage
    410
  • Abstract
    Results of absolute light yield measurements on strontium and barium fluoride doped with PrF3 and CeF3 are presented and compared with light yield of well-known scintillators s(NaI-Tl and CsI-Tl). For pure SrF2 crystal, we obtain the value of about 29,200 photons/MeV.
  • Keywords
    barium compounds; cerium compounds; photoluminescence; praseodymium compounds; strontium compounds; BaF2:CeF3; BaF2:PrF3; SrF2:CeF3; SrF2:PrF3; absolute light yield property; barium fluoride; strontium fluoride; Cathodes; Crystals; Energy exchange; Ions; Luminescence; Photomultipliers; Photonics; Absolute light yield; fluorides; light output; scintillator; strontium fluoride;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.2013.2290311
  • Filename
    6704854