• Title of article

    Scintillation properties of Yb3+-doped YAlO3 in the temperature range from 4.2 to 175 K

  • Author/Authors

    Yasumune، نويسنده , , T. and Kurihara، نويسنده , , M. and Maehata، نويسنده , , K. and Ishibashi، نويسنده , , K. and Yoshikawa، نويسنده , , A.، نويسنده ,

  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    37
  • To page
    40
  • Abstract
    We measured the temperature dependence of the emission wavelength spectrum of YAP:Yb by irradiating with β - rays from a 90Sr/90Y source in the temperature range from 4.2 to 175 K. The light yield of YAP:Yb was characterized using an avalanche photodiode in the detection of 662-keV γ - rays from a 137Cs source in the temperature range from 50 to 175 K. The light yield was found to increase with decreasing temperature and reached 3840 photons/MeV at a temperature of 50 K. By extrapolating the temperature dependence of the light yield using that of the integrated emission spectra, the experimental light yield was evaluated to be 4300 photons/MeV at a temperature of 4.2 K.
  • Keywords
    YAP:Yb , Scintillators , low temperature
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Record number

    2014243