Scintillation Properties of the Li 6 Lu(BO 3 ) 3 :Ce(3%) Crystal
H. L. Kim · H. J. Kim ∗ · G. H. Chae · Ullah Fawad
Department Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea
J. H. So
Center for Underground Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 305-811, Korea
(Received 13 December 2013 : revised 8 January 2014 : accepted 13 March 2014)
Scintillation crystals are used for detecting various particles and radiations and, hence, have great applications in the fields of nuclear, particle and medical physics. The Li
6Lu(BO
3)
3:Ce
3+crystal has great potential for becoming a neutron detector due to the presence of
6Li and
10B, both of which interact with neutrons with relative ease. Moreover, the presence of lutetium in Li
6Lu(BO
3)
3:Ce
3+leads to a high effective atomic number (Z
ef f= 52) and high molecular weight (M.Wt = 393 g/mol), which make this crystal a potential candidate for X-ray and γ-ray detection. In order to investigate the possibility of using the Li
6Lu(BO
3)
3:Ce
3+crystal as a scintillation detector, we measured its energy resolutions and decay times for irradiations with γ- and α-particles, the α/β light ratio and the X-ray-induced emission spectra.
PACS numbers: 29.40.Mc, 78.70.-g, 81.10.-h
Keywords: Li
6Lu(BO
3)
3:Ce crystal, Scintillation crystal, Scintillation crystal growth
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PACS numbers: 29.40.Mc, 78.70.-g, 81.10.-h
Keywords: Li
6Lu(BO
3)
3:Ce é ß & ñ , $ 3 F g & ñ , $ 3 F g & ñ $ í ©
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