| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1692106 | Optical Materials | 2016 | 8 Pages |
•LuYAG:Pr and LuAG:Pr,Mo crystals have been grown by the Czochralski method.•Both materials show increased scintillation yields compared to LuAG:Pr.•Mechanisms explaining the observed enhancement have been proposed.
In this paper the basic scintillation and thermoluminescence properties of LuYAG:Pr and LuAG:Pr,Mo crystals are reported. It is shown that, primarily, both materials display significantly higher scintillation yields than their prototype LuAG:Pr. The results of radioluminescence, low and high temperature thermoluminescence, and scintillation time profile measurements are analyzed quantitatively to allow us a better understanding of the scintillation process in LuYAG:Pr and LuAG:Pr,Mo, as well as to let us propose or verify possible explanations of the observed yield enhancement.
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