Transparent ceramic garnet scintillator optimization via composition and co-doping for high-energy resolution gamma spectrometers
(Conference Presentation)

Nerine J. Cherepy; Stephen A. Payne; Zachary M. Seeley; Patrick R. Beck; Erik L. Swanberg; Steven L. Hunter

doi:10.1117/12.2237990

2 November 2016 Transparent ceramic garnet scintillator optimization via composition and co-doping for high-energy resolution gamma spectrometers (Conference Presentation)

Nerine J. Cherepy, Stephen A. Payne, Zachary M. Seeley, Patrick R. Beck, Erik L. Swanberg, Steven L. Hunter

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Proceedings Volume 9968, Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics XVIII; 996802 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237990
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Breakthrough energy resolution, R(662keV) <4%, has been achieved with an oxide scintillator, Cerium-doped Gadolinium Yttrium Gallium Aluminum Garnet, or GYGAG(Ce), by optimizing fabrication conditions. Here we describe the dependence of scintillation light yield and energy resolution on several variables: (1) Stoichiometry, in particular Gd/Y and Ga/Al ratios which modify the bandgap energy, (2) Processing methods, including vacuum vs. oxygen sintering, and (3) Trace co-dopants that influence the formation of Ce4+ and modify the intra-bandgap trap distribution. To learn about how chemical composition influences the scintillation properties of transparent ceramic garnet scintillators, we have measured: scintillation decay component amplitudes; intensity and duration of afterglow; thermoluminescence glow curve peak positions and amplitudes; integrated light yield; light yield non-proportionality, as measured in the Scintillator Light Yield Non-Proportionality Characterization Instrument (SLYNCI); and energy resolution for gamma spectroscopy. Optimized GYGAG(Ce) provides R(662 keV) =3.0%, for 0.05 cm3 size ceramics with Silicon photodiode readout, and R(662 keV) =4.6%, at 2 in3 size with PMT readout.

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Nerine J. Cherepy, Stephen A. Payne, Zachary M. Seeley, Patrick R. Beck, Erik L. Swanberg, and Steven L. Hunter "Transparent ceramic garnet scintillator optimization via composition and co-doping for high-energy resolution gamma spectrometers (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 9968, Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics XVIII, 996802 (2 November 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237990

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