Advances in Yield Calibration of Scintillators

Author

De Haas, Johan T M ; Dorenbos, Pieter

Author_Institution

Fac. of Appl. Sci., Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft

Volume

55

Issue

3

fYear

2008

fDate

6/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1086

Lastpage

1092

Abstract

By means of a photomultiplier tube, a Si-photodiode, and a Si-avalanche photodiode, the absolute scintillation yield of recently developed LaBr₃:Ce, LaCl₃:Ce, and (Lu,Y)₂SiO₅:Ce scintillators and traditional Lu₂SiO₅:Ce, Bi₄Ge₃O₁₂, NaI:Tl, CsI:Tl, and CsI:Na scintillators were determined. These are all well known scintillators that cover emission wavelengths from 250 nm to 750 nm. By comparing the scintillation yield independently measured with the three different photon detectors reliable yield values are obtained.

Keywords

avalanche photodiodes; calibration; gamma-ray detection; nuclear electronics; photomultipliers; readout electronics; solid scintillation detectors; (Lu,Y)₂SiO₅:Ce scintillators; (LuY)₂SiO₅:Ce; BGO; Bi₄Ge₃O₁₂; Bi₄Ge₃O₁₂ scintillators; CsI:Na; CsI:Na scintillators; CsI:Tl; CsI:Tl scintillators; LSO; LYSO; LaBr₃:Ce; LaBr₃:Ce scintillators; LaCl₃:Ce; LaCl₃:Ce scintillators; Lu₂SiO₅:Ce; Lu₂SiO₅:Ce scintillators; NaI:Tl; NaI:Tl scintillators; Si-avalanche photodiode; calibration; photodiode readout; photomultiplier tube; photon detectors; wavelength 250 nm to 750 nm; Bismuth; Calibration; Cathodes; Energy resolution; Gamma ray detection; Photodiodes; Photomultipliers; Reflectivity; Solid scintillation detectors; Wavelength measurement; Absolute scintillation yield; gamma detectors; photodiode readout; scintillators;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2008.922819

Filename

4545105