Dosimetric, luminescence and scintillation properties of Ce-doped CaF2-Al2O3-B2O3 glasses

Enhanced photoluminescence quantum yield of Ce3+‐doped aluminum–silicate glasses for scintillation application

“…The X-ray-excited luminescence (XEL) of the glasses were tested by using the spectrograph (Omni-λ300i, Zolix) and X-ray sources with W target (Moxtek, MAGPRO), and a home-built temperature controller (RT-600, Zolix). Moreover, we used a multi-pixel photon counter (MPPC Hamamatsu, S13360-6050CS, effective photosensitive area is 6 × 6 mm 2 ) to obtain the energy spectra of the glasses under the excitation of 137 Cs and 22 Na 𝛾-rays. The LY and energy resolution of the glass scintillators would be further obtained from the energy spectra.…”

“…Figure 7A shows the energy spectra of GAS:1.1Ce 3+ glass irradiated by 𝛾-ray from 137 Cs source (662 keV) and 22 Na source (511 keV), respectively. The full-energy peak from the radioactive source can be clearly identified, and the LY of the GAS:1.1Ce 3+ glass is calculated to be about 1206 ph/MeV.…”

“…Compared with silicate glasses, the PL QY of Ce 3+ ‐doped borate glasses could be as high as 88%. But the density of the glasses is generally lower than silicate glasses and LY can reach up 240 ph/MeV 5,8,13,19–23 . For halide and phosphate glasses, it always shows high PL QY (∼75%).…”

“…But the density of the glasses is generally lower than silicate glasses and LY can reach up 240 ph/MeV. 5,8,13,[19][20][21][22][23] For halide and phosphate glasses, it always shows high PL QY (∼75%). However, its LY (23-93 ph/MeV) and density are generally low.…”

Optical and Scintillation Properties of Eu-doped CsBr–BaBr2–ZnBr2 Glasses

“…To date, the scintillation properties of oxide glasses have been studied by many researchers, (25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31) whereas those of non-oxide glasses have not been studied extensively. Recently, there have been a few reports on the scintillation properties of non-oxide glasses such as AEF 2 -Al 2 O 3 -B 2 O 3 (AE = Ca, Sr, Ba), (32)(33)(34) (35) CeCl 3 -CsCl-CsPO 3 -Al(PO 3 ) 3 , (36) and CsCl-BaCl 2 -ZnCl 2 . (37,38) In particular, AEF 2 -Al 2 O 3 -B 2 O 3 shows higher quantum yields (>80%) and light yields (~1800 ph/MeV) than the reported oxide glasses.…”