{"title":"Near-infrared scintillation properties of Nd-doped CaYAl3O7 single crystals","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.apradiso.2024.111559","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We prepared Nd-doped CaYAl<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7</sub> single crystals with different Nd concentrations of 0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 5.0, 10, and 20% by the floating zone method. Photoluminescence (PL) and scintillation properties of all the samples were investigated, and the performance as near-infrared (NIR) scintillators was evaluated. All the samples exhibited some luminescence peaks of 4f-4f transitions of Nd<sup>3+</sup> in PL and scintillation spectra at around 890, 1060, and 1300 nm. The 5.0% Nd-doped sample showed the highest PL quantum yield of 49.5%. In addition, the 5.0% Nd-doped sample had the highest scintillation intensity under X-ray irradiation among the samples, and the lowest detectable dose rate was 0.001 Gy/h.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8096,"journal":{"name":"Applied Radiation and Isotopes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Applied Radiation and Isotopes","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969804324003877","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We prepared Nd-doped CaYAl3O7 single crystals with different Nd concentrations of 0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 5.0, 10, and 20% by the floating zone method. Photoluminescence (PL) and scintillation properties of all the samples were investigated, and the performance as near-infrared (NIR) scintillators was evaluated. All the samples exhibited some luminescence peaks of 4f-4f transitions of Nd3+ in PL and scintillation spectra at around 890, 1060, and 1300 nm. The 5.0% Nd-doped sample showed the highest PL quantum yield of 49.5%. In addition, the 5.0% Nd-doped sample had the highest scintillation intensity under X-ray irradiation among the samples, and the lowest detectable dose rate was 0.001 Gy/h.
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