Comparative study of scintillation properties of BaF2 and BaMgF4 scintillators using streak camera system equipped with pulsed X-ray source

Author

Fujimoto, Yasutaka ; Yanagida, T. ; Kawaguchi, Noriyuki ; Fukuda, Kenji

Author_Institution

Kyushu Inst. of Technol., Kitakyushu, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

Oct. 27 2013-Nov. 2 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

By using the micro-pulling down (μ-PD) method, the barium magnesium fluoride (BaMgF₄) single crystalline scintillator was produced. The crystal was cut and mirror polished to the physical dimensions of 1× 2× 10 mm³ for examination of optical and scintillation properties. BaMgF₄ exhibited more than 70 % transmittance in wavelength range from 170 to 2500 nm, and strong emission peaking around 205 nm was observed under X-ray excitation. The absolute light yield of BaMgF₄ was 1300±100 ph/MeV, and the decay time profile showed two components as 0.45 (76 %) and 1.4 (24 %) ns at room temperature.

Keywords

barium compounds; particle detectors; solid scintillation detectors; BaF₂; BaMgF₄; X-ray excitation; decay time profile; micropulling down method; optical properties; pulsed X-ray source; scintillation properties; single crystalline scintillator; streak camera system; temperature 293 K to 298 K; wavelength 170 nm to 2500 nm; Biomedical optical imaging; Cameras; Crystals; Electron tubes; Optical imaging; Optical sensors; Temperature measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seoul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0533-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829661

Filename

6829661