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@article{citeulike:4094235, abstract = {Development, preparation and characterization of several new single-crystal scintillators based on binary and complex oxide or fluoride host crystals is reviewed. The micropulling- down technique was used to efficiently screen and optimize the material composition. The Czochralski technique was used to obtain large bulk single crystals with the ultimate scintillation performance. Yb-doped YAlO 3 and Lu 3 Al 5 O 12 were developed to obtain superfast scintillators at room temperature. They also present a unique material system with temperature-tuned scintillation response over the nanosecond time scale. Usage of ZnO single crystals for superfast scintillators is discussed. Several well-known garnet and silicate hosts were doped with Pr 3+ to obtain faster-then-Ce 3+ scintillators and their performance was tested. Two new concepts of the host-to-dopant energy transfer were realized in the Ce-doped (i) PrF 3 single crystals and (ii) congruently melting Me 2+ -codoped (YF 3 –GdF 3 ) solid solutions.}, author = {Nikl, M. and Yoshikawa, A. and Vedda, A. and Fukuda, T.}, citeulike-article-id = {4094235}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2006.04.048}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0022024806003472}, day = {01}, doi = {10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2006.04.048}, issn = {00220248}, journal = {Journal of Crystal Growth}, keywords = {crystalgrowth, luag}, month = {July}, number = {2}, pages = {416--421}, posted-at = {2009-02-24 15:19:47}, priority = {2}, title = {Development of novel scintillator crystals}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2006.04.048}, volume = {292}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4094235 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4094235 N2 - Development, preparation and characterization of several new single-crystal scintillators based on binary and complex oxide or fluoride host crystals is reviewed. The micropulling- down technique was used to efficiently screen and optimize the material composition. The Czochralski technique was used to obtain large bulk single crystals with the ultimate scintillation performance. Yb-doped YAlO 3 and Lu 3 Al 5 O 12 were developed to obtain superfast scintillators at room temperature. They also present a unique material system with temperature-tuned scintillation response over the nanosecond time scale. Usage of ZnO single crystals for superfast scintillators is discussed. Several well-known garnet and silicate hosts were doped with Pr 3+ to obtain faster-then-Ce 3+ scintillators and their performance was tested. Two new concepts of the host-to-dopant energy transfer were realized in the Ce-doped (i) PrF 3 single crystals and (ii) congruently melting Me 2+ -codoped (YF 3 –GdF 3 ) solid solutions. IS - 2 JF - Journal of Crystal Growth SN - 00220248 EP - 421 TI - Development of novel scintillator crystals VL - 292 SP - 416 KW - crystalgrowth KW - luag AU - Nikl, M AU - Yoshikawa, A AU - Vedda, A AU - Fukuda, T PY - 2006/07/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2006.04.048 ER -