Growth of shape-controlled Ce:Y3Al5O12 scintillator crystal and their scintillation properties

A shape-controlled Ce doped Y3Al5O12 (Ce:YAG) single crystal has been grown by a micro-pulling-down method using an Ir crucible with a square die. The as-grown Ce:YAG single crystal has square-shape and flat surfaces with high transparency. The shape-controlled Ce:YAG single crystal showed more than 70% transmittance from 530 nm to 900 nm without any cutting and polishing. An emission peak around 540 nm was observed in the radioluminescence spectrum under X-ray irradiation. In addition, the light yield and energy resolution under γ-ray irradiation of the as-grown crystal without any cutting and polishing were approximately 23,000 pH/MeV and 16%, respectively.