We have studied the cathodo- and radioluminescence of Nd:YAG and of Tm:YAG single crystals in an extended wavelength range up to â5μm in view of developing a new kind of detector for low-energy, low-rate energy deposition events. Whereas the light yield in the visible range is as large as â104photons/MeV, in good agreement with literature results, in the infrared range we have found a light yield â5Ã104photons/MeV, thereby proving that ionizing radiation is particularly efficient in populating the low lying levels of rare earth doped crystals.
Cathodo- and radioluminescence of Tm3+: YAG and Nd3+: YAG in an extended wavelength range
GUARISE, Marco
2017
Abstract
We have studied the cathodo- and radioluminescence of Nd:YAG and of Tm:YAG single crystals in an extended wavelength range up to â5μm in view of developing a new kind of detector for low-energy, low-rate energy deposition events. Whereas the light yield in the visible range is as large as â104photons/MeV, in good agreement with literature results, in the infrared range we have found a light yield â5Ã104photons/MeV, thereby proving that ionizing radiation is particularly efficient in populating the low lying levels of rare earth doped crystals.File in questo prodotto:
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