Properties of the new LuAP:Ce scintillator

Growth and scintillation properties of Pr doped Gd3(Ga,Al)5O12 single crystals

“…[1] In past decades, scintillators with the best figure-of-merit given by a combination of stopping power, speed and light yield are the recently developed Ce-activated materials [2][3][4][5]. On the other hand, Pr 3 þ ion also shows the 5d-4f emission with the fast decay time in several host materials and such systems can be another candidate for high figure-of-merit scintillator.…”

Large size single crystal growth of Lu3Al5O12:Pr and their uniformity of scintillation properties

“…Table 1 shows a comparison of Pr:LuAG and popular cerium-activated scintillators such as Ce:Lu 2 SiO 5 (Ce:LSO) [9][10][11], (Lu,Y)AlO 3 (LuAP) [12][13][14][15], and Ce:LaBr 3 [16][17][18]. Owing to this excellent properties, Pr:LuAG scintillator is attracting attention for gammaray detectors for oil well logging and has potential applications in high-energy physics and medical field such as PET (Positron emission computed tomography).…”

Growth of Nd doped (Lu, Gd)3(Ga, Al)5O12 single crystal by the micro pulling down method and their scintillation properties

“…In the last two decades, great R&D effort brought several new material systems, namely the Ce-doped orthosilicates as Gd 2 SiO 5 (GSO), Lu 2 SiO 5 (LSO), (Lu 1Àx Y x ) 2 SiO 5 (LYSO), pyrosilicates based on RE 2 Si 2 O 7 (RE = Lu, Y, Gd) and most recently LaX 3 (X = Cl, Br) single crystal hosts [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. These guidelines, Materials based on garnet structure are promising candidates for scintillator applications, because of wellmastered technology developed for laser hosts and other applications, optical transparency, and easy doping by rare-earth elements.…”