Luminescence properties of Ce³⁺doped gadolinium-calcium-silicaborate glass scintillator

• Main Authors: J. M. Park, D. H. Ha, S. Kaewjeang, U. Maghanemi, S. Kothan, J. Kaewkhao, H. J. Kim
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Physics and Astronomy
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84962045543&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/56303
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd In this work, the Ce3+doped gadolinium-calcium-silicaborate glass scintillators of the composition ratio 25Gd2O3:10CaO:10SiO2:(55−x)B2O3:xCeF3, have been fabricated by using the melt-quenching technique. The doping concentration of the Ce3+was varied from 0.05 mol% to 2.5 mol%. The 4f-5d transition of the Ce3+allowed scintillation with a fast decay time. The absorption spectrum, X-ray induced emission spectrum, photo luminescence spectrum, laser luminescence spectrum and decay time of the scintillators were measured for studying the luminescence properties. From the X-ray induced emission spectrum result, we checked the trend between doping concentration and light yield. The laser induced luminescence spectrum was measured while changing the temperature from 300 K to 10 K. We also measured the decay time by using the laser excitation of the 0.15 mol% Ce3+doped glass scintillator.