摘要
Bi_4 Si_3 O_(12):RE(BSO:RE, RE = Eu^(3+), Sm^(3+), Ho^(3+), Tb^(3+)) crystals were grown by the modified vertical Bridgeman method, and doping effects on scintillation properties were investigated. Under γ-ray irradiation, the light yield of BSO doped with small doses of Eu^(3+) increases slightly, and the energy resolution improves significantly compared to pure BSO, therefore the ability of distinguishing between particles will be improved for BSO crystals with a small amount of Eu^(3+) dopant. The results show that a small amount of Eu^(3+) doping can sensitize the Bi^(3+) ions. The sensitization effect enables the reduction of intrinsic defects, and thus improves the scintillation properties. However, the relative light yield of BSO:Tb(1.0 mol%) crystal is 4.3%, which is smaller than 5.0% of pure BSO. The improved light yield and energy resolution in the BSO:Eu and BSO:Sm crystals are considered an impressive achievement in the optimization of this scintillator which is already suitable for applications such as dual-readout calorimeters and homogeneous hadron calorimeters.
Bi_4 Si_3 O_(12):RE(BSO:RE, RE = Eu^(3+), Sm^(3+), Ho^(3+), Tb^(3+)) crystals were grown by the modified vertical Bridgeman method, and doping effects on scintillation properties were investigated. Under γ-ray irradiation, the light yield of BSO doped with small doses of Eu^(3+) increases slightly, and the energy resolution improves significantly compared to pure BSO, therefore the ability of distinguishing between particles will be improved for BSO crystals with a small amount of Eu^(3+) dopant. The results show that a small amount of Eu^(3+) doping can sensitize the Bi^(3+) ions. The sensitization effect enables the reduction of intrinsic defects, and thus improves the scintillation properties. However, the relative light yield of BSO:Tb(1.0 mol%) crystal is 4.3%, which is smaller than 5.0% of pure BSO. The improved light yield and energy resolution in the BSO:Eu and BSO:Sm crystals are considered an impressive achievement in the optimization of this scintillator which is already suitable for applications such as dual-readout calorimeters and homogeneous hadron calorimeters.
基金
Project supported by the Ningxia College Scientific Research Project(NGY2017161)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51342007,11864001,61461001)
the National Key Basic Research Program(2011CB612310)
the Ningxia First-class Discipline and Scientific Research Projects(Electronic Science and Technology,NXYLXK2017A07)
Natural Science Foundation of Ningxia(NZ17104)
the Key Research and Development Program of Ningxia Province(2018BEE03015)
the Key Laboratory of North Minzu University(intelligent perception control)
