The Growth and Characterization of the Cerium Contained Inorganic Halide Scintillators

Abstract:

A report on the crystal growth, luminescence and scintillation characteristics of two developed scintillators, CsCe2Cl7 and Cs2NaCeCl6 are presented. CsCe2Cl7 is a new scintillation material. These crystals were grown by the Czochralski pulling technique. The X-ray diffraction technique was used to verify the structure of crystals. Under the X-ray excitation emission, the CsCe2Cl7 showed a broad emission band in the wavelength range from 370 to 470 nm while the Cs2NaCeCl6 crystal showed a spectrum in the wavelength range from 370 to 440 nm. The energy resolutions (FWHM of peak position) for the 662 keV full energy peak of 5.5% and 8.3% were observed at room temperature for the CsCe2Cl7 and Cs2NaCeCl6 crystals, respectively. The scintillation decay time measurement curves showed that, CsCe2Cl7 crystal has a single exponential decay function with a decay time of 50 ns. The Cs2NaCeCl6 crystal exhibited three main decay time components, a short component with a decay time constant of 91 ns and 36% intensity, an intermediate component with a decay time constant of 601 ns and intensity 33%, followed by a long component with a 3.2 µs decay time constant and an intensity of 31% of the total light yield. On the basis of the scintillation results of these materials grown, it is believe that these scintillation crystals can find a place in medical imaging and radiation detection system.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 442)
• Pages: 275-282
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.442.275
• Online since: June 2010
• Authors: G. Rooh, Hong Joo Kim, S. Kim
• Keywords: Czochralski Technique, Decay Time, Energy Resolution, Scintillation, X-Ray

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