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Title: Crystalline rare-earth activated oxyorthosilicate phosphor

Abstract

Crystalline, transparent, rare-earth activated lutetium oxyorthosilicate phosphor. The phosphor consists essentially of lutetium yttrium oxyorthosilicate activated with a rare-earth metal dopant M and having the general formula Lu(.sub.2-x-z)Y.sub.x M.sub.z SiO.sub.5, wherein 0.00.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.1.95, wherein 0.001.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.0.02, and wherein M is selected from Sm, Tb, Tm, Eu, Yb, and Pr. The phosphor also consists essentially of lutetium gadolinium oxyorthosilicate activated with a rare-earth metal dopant M and having the general formula Lu(.sub.2-x-z)Gd.sub.x M.sub.z SiO.sub.5, wherein 0.00.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.1.95, wherein 0.001.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.0.02, and wherein M is selected from Sm, Tb, Tm, Eu, Yb, and Pr. The phosphor also consists essentially of gadolinium yttrium oxyorthosilicate activated with a rare-earth metal dopant M and having the general formula Gd(.sub.2-x-z)Y.sub.x M.sub.z SiO.sub.5, wherein 0.00.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.1.95, wherein 0.001.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.0.02, and wherein M is selected from Sm, Tb, Tm, Eu, Yb, and Pr. The phosphor may be optically coupled to a photodetector to provide a radiation detector.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
The Regents Of University Of California, Los Alamos, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1174721
Patent Number(s):
6689293
Application Number:
10/160,456
Assignee:
University Of California, The Regents Of
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C30 - CRYSTAL GROWTH C30B - SINGLE-CRYSTAL-GROWTH
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

McClellan, Kenneth J., and Cooke, D. Wayne. Crystalline rare-earth activated oxyorthosilicate phosphor. United States: N. p., 2004. Web.
McClellan, Kenneth J., & Cooke, D. Wayne. Crystalline rare-earth activated oxyorthosilicate phosphor. United States.
McClellan, Kenneth J., and Cooke, D. Wayne. Tue . "Crystalline rare-earth activated oxyorthosilicate phosphor". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1174721.
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Works referenced in this record:

Czochralski growth of rare-earth orthosilicates (Ln2SiO5)
journal, December 1986


Single-Crystal Rare-Earth-Doped Yttrium Orthosilicate Phosphors
journal, January 1988