Improved growth and scintillation properties of intrinsic, non-hygroscopic scintillator Cs2HfCl6

Ariesanti, E.; Hawrami, R.; Burger, A.; Motakef, S.

doi:10.1016/j.jlumin.2019.116784

Title: Improved growth and scintillation properties of intrinsic, non-hygroscopic scintillator Cs₂HfCl₆

Abstract

This paper focuses on recent successful and improved growth runs of single phase Cs₂HfCl₆ (CHC) as well as improvement to its radiometric and scintillation performance. Two single crystal CHC boules of 15 mm in diameter are grown using the vertical Bridgman method. Samples retrieved from each boule are characterized for their optical and scintillation properties. Energy resolution of 2.8% (FWHM) at 662 keV has been obtained. Gamma-ray non-proportionality of CHC is compared to those of NaI:Tl and BGO. Decay times are measured to be at least 246 ns (13%) and 3.3 μs (87%) for CHC, an improvement to previously reported values. In this paper we also present growth and scintillation performance of Cs₂Hf(Cl_1-xBr_x)₆ with Cl/Br = 2/1 relation (CHC/B), as well as its scintillation decay times.

Authors:

Ariesanti, E. ^[1]; Hawrami, R. ^[1]; Burger, A. ^[1]; Motakef, S. ^[2]

Fisk Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)
CapeSym, Inc., Natick, MA (United States)

Publication Date:: Fri Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 2019

Research Org.:: CapeSym, Inc., Natick, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Engineering & Technology. Office of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs

OSTI Identifier:: 1802760

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1567723

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0015733

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Luminescence

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 217; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-2313

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Cs-based scintillator; Hf-based scintillator; intrinsic scintillator; high light yield

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                    Ariesanti, E., Hawrami, R., Burger, A., and Motakef, S. Improved growth and scintillation properties of intrinsic, non-hygroscopic scintillator Cs2HfCl6.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Ariesanti, E., Hawrami, R., Burger, A., & Motakef, S. Improved growth and scintillation properties of intrinsic, non-hygroscopic scintillator Cs2HfCl6.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2019.116784

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"Improved growth and scintillation properties of intrinsic, non-hygroscopic scintillator Cs2HfCl6".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2019.116784.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1802760.

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  title        = {Improved growth and scintillation properties of intrinsic, non-hygroscopic scintillator Cs2HfCl6},

  author       = {Ariesanti, E. and Hawrami, R. and Burger, A. and Motakef, S.},

  abstractNote = {This paper focuses on recent successful and improved growth runs of single phase Cs2HfCl6 (CHC) as well as improvement to its radiometric and scintillation performance. Two single crystal CHC boules of 15 mm in diameter are grown using the vertical Bridgman method. Samples retrieved from each boule are characterized for their optical and scintillation properties. Energy resolution of 2.8% (FWHM) at 662 keV has been obtained. Gamma-ray non-proportionality of CHC is compared to those of NaI:Tl and BGO. Decay times are measured to be at least 246 ns (13%) and 3.3 μs (87%) for CHC, an improvement to previously reported values. In this paper we also present growth and scintillation performance of Cs2Hf(Cl1-xBrx)6 with Cl/Br = 2/1 relation (CHC/B), as well as its scintillation decay times.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.jlumin.2019.116784},

  journal      = {Journal of Luminescence},

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  volume       = 217,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 2019},

  month        = {Fri Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 2019}

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