Photostimulated luminescence from BaCl{sub 2}:Eu{sup 2+} nanocrystals in lithium borate glasses following neutron irradiation
- MacDiarmid Institute, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington (New Zealand)
A glass-ceramic thermal neutron imaging plate material is reported. The material consists of a neutron sensitive 2B{sub 2}O{sub 3}-Li{sub 2}O glass matrix containing nanocrystallites of the storage phosphor BaCl{sub 2}:Eu{sup 2+}. When doped with 0.5 mol % Eu{sup 2+}, the neutron induced photostimulated luminescence (PSL) conversion efficiency of the {sup 10}B enriched glass-ceramic is around 60% of that a commercial neutron imaging plate, while the {gamma} sensitivity is an order of magnitude lower than that of the commercial plate. A Eu{sup 2+}-concentration series shows that the PSL efficiency for x rays is optimized at 0.01 mol % Eu{sup 2+}. Thermoluminescence measurements indicate trap depths in BaCl{sub 2}:Eu{sup 2+} ranging from 0.55 to 2.7 eV.
- OSTI ID:
- 20883212
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 89, Issue 10; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2335807; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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