Fabrication of In-Doped ZnO Scintillator Mounted on a Vacuum Flange

Author

Kano, Masataka ; Wakamiya, Akira ; Yamanoi, Kohei ; Sakai, Kohei ; Takeda, Kohei ; Cadatal-Raduban, Marilou ; Nakazato, Tomoharu ; Shimizu, Toshihiko ; Sarukura, Nobuhiko ; Fukuda, Tsuguo

Author_Institution

Daishinku Corp., Kakogawa, Japan

Volume

59

Issue

5

fYear

2012

Firstpage

2290

Lastpage

2293

Abstract

High quality In-doped ZnO single crystal was grown using the hydrothermal method. The growth rate for both <;0001>; and <;000-1>; directions is about 80 μm/day. The X-ray rocking curve (XRC) full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the (0002) reflection is 24.2 arcsec. In order to make it possible to use this material as a scintillator for in situ imaging of soft X-ray laser with high spatial resolution, we prepared an In-doped ZnO wafer (9.0 mm x 9.0 mm x 0.75 mm) and mounted it on a vacuum flange. The decay time constant is evaluated to be 120 ps, therefore making it an ideal scintillator for in situ imaging device of soft X-ray laser with high spatial resolution. Furthermore, In-doped ZnO scintillator with such short decay time constant is suitable for high accuracy alignment and synchronization of ultrafast, short wavelength laser sources for pump-and-probe experiments.

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; X-ray detection; X-ray diffraction; X-ray imaging; X-ray lasers; crystal growth from solution; doping; flanges; high-speed optical techniques; indium; photoluminescence; scintillation; semiconductor growth; solid scintillation detectors; synchronisation; vacuum techniques; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; FWHM; In-doped ZnO scintillator fabrication; In-doped ZnO wafer; X-ray rocking curve; XRC; ZnO:In; full width at half maximum; growth rate; high accuracy alignment; high quality In-doped ZnO single crystal; high spatial resolution; hydrothermal method; ideal scintillator; pump-and-probe experiments; short decay time constant; short wavelength laser sources; soft X-ray laser imaging device; ultrafast synchronization; vacuum flange; Crystals; Free electron lasers; Spatial resolution; Ultraviolet sources; X-ray imaging; X-ray lasers; Zinc oxide; Crystal growth; inorganic scintillators; photoluminescence; scintillation detectors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2012.2190145

Filename

6186800