Photon yields and decay times of cross luminescence in ionic crystals

Author

Dorenbos, P. ; Visser, R. ; van Eijk, C.W.E. ; Valbis, J. ; Khaidukov, N.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Phys., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

39

Issue

4

fYear

1992

fDate

8/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

506

Lastpage

510

Abstract

The authors report on the scintillation properties of the ternary inorganic crystals KMgF₃, KYF₄:Rb, K₂YF ₅, KLuF₄, RbMgF₃, KZnF₃, BaTm₂F₈, LiYF₄:Nd, and BaF₂:Rb. The scintillation light output of these crystals was estimated from the X-ray-induced emission spectra. Optical absorption spectra and decay time spectra were also measured and are presented. The first four crystals produced cross-luminescence (CL) with a decay time of about 1.5 ns. CL was not observed for the other crystals

Keywords

barium compounds; lithium compounds; neodymium; potassium compounds; rubidium; rubidium compounds; scintillation counters; BaF₂:Rb; BaTm₂F₈; K₂YF₅; KLuF₄; KMgF₃; KYF₄:Rb; KZnF₃; LiYF₄:Nd; RbMgF₃; X-ray-induced emission spectra; cross luminescence; decay times; ionic crystals; optical absorption spectra; photon yields; scintillation light output; scintillation properties; ternary inorganic crystals; Charge carrier processes; Chemical technology; Copper; Crystalline materials; Holography; Impurities; Luminescence; Photonic crystals; Physics; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.159656

Filename

159656