Scintillation mechanism and radiation damage in Ce{sub x}La{sub 1-x}F{sub 3} crystals
- Boston Univ., MA (United States)
- Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
- CNRS, Villeurbanne (France); and others
Recent spectroscopic and radiation damage experiments on a series of Ce{sub x}La{sub 1{minus}x}F{sub 3} crystals suggest that the scintillation light output is limited by an unusual quenching mechanism, which also plays a major role in minimizing radiation-induced damage. The intensity of the radiation-induced absorptions is a strong function of the Ce content x, reaching a maximum for x = 0.03 and a minimum for x = 1. This peculiar dependence appears to be due to the influence of deep-lying Ce levels on both scintillation mechanism and radiation damage. The authors suggest that various charge transfer processes can explain many aspects of the performance of Ce{sub x}La{sub 1{minus}x}F{sub 3} scintillators.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States); Boston Univ., MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016; FG02-90ER61033
- OSTI ID:
- 10169920
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-60593; CONF-940411-43; ON: DE94015848; TRN: 94:014776
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Spring meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS),San Francisco, CA (United States),4-8 Apr 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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