Proton damage measurements of rare earth oxide scintillators

Journal Article · Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1991 · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/23.289294· OSTI ID:5090235

Hollerman, W A; Fisher, J H; Shelby, G A ^[1]; Holland, L R; Jenkins, G M ^[2]

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1. Nichols Research Corp., Huntsville, AL (United States)
2. Alabama A and M Univ., Normal, AL (United States). Dept. of Physics

This paper reports on the development of a measurement technique to determine the degradation in light output under exposure to 3 MeV protons. The rare earth oxide scintillators included Gd{sub 2}O{sub 2}S doped with Pr. Tb, and Eu; Y{sub 2}O{sub 2}S doped with Tb and Eu; Y{sub 3}Al{sub 5}O{sub 12} (YAG) doped with Ce; and ZnS doped with Ag. Four scintillator samples were painted on a rotatable water cooled turret used to measure the proton beam current with thermocouples for temperature monitoring. The data acquisition and storage system consists of an ACRO module interfaced to a Macintosh SE/30 computer running LabVIEW software. Results indicate that the YAG doped with Ce scintillator coating withstood a proton dose an order of magnitude large than that tolerated by the other phosphor compounds. This fact has significant implication for the use of this material for experimental scintillator applications.

• OSTI ID: 5090235
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Vol. 38:2; ISSN 0018-9499
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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