@article{ea2e95981514447a8def3684a54bed90,
title = "Crystal growth and scintillation properties of 2-inch-diameter Pr: Lu 3Al5O12 (Pr:LuAG) single crystal",
abstract = "In this work we tried to grow 2-inch-diameter and high quality Pr:LuAG single crystals by the Czochralski (Cz) method. To grow the large diameter Pr:LuAG single crystal, we have optimized growth conditions and the furnace design. As a result, we have succeeded in the growth of 2-inch-diameter Pr:LuAG single crystal with a length of 110 mm. To determine light yield and energy resolution the energy spectra were collected under 662 keV γ-ray excitation (137Cs source) and detection by a photomultiplier (Hamamatsu H7826). The light yield was around three times higher than that of BGO and almost homogeneous with increasing solidification fraction up to 0.32. The energy resolution was around 8%. Furthermore, scintillation decay time was around 23 ns and almost homogeneous all over the crystal.",
keywords = "5d-4f Luminescence, Crystal growth, Gamma-ray detectors, Garnets, Pr",
author = "Kei Kamada and Kousuke Tsutsumi and Yoshiyuki Usuki and Hiraku Ogino and Takayuki Yanagida and Akira Yoshikawa",
note = "Funding Information: Manuscript received June 28, 2007; revised December 20, 2007. This work was supported in part by the Regional Research and Development Utilization Program, Japan Science and Technology Agency. K. Kamada, K. Tsutsumi, and Y. Usuki are with Materials Research Laboratory, Furukawa Company Ltd., Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan (e-mail: k-kamada@furukawakk.co.jp). H. Ogino is with the School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan. T. Yanagida and A. Yoshikawa are with IMRAM, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan. Color versions of one or more of the figures in this paper are available online at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org. Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/TNS.2008.924072 Fig. 1. Experimental setup for measurements of scintillation properties such as light yield and decay time.",
year = "2008",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1109/TNS.2008.924072",
language = "English",
volume = "55",
pages = "1488--1491",
journal = "IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science",
issn = "0018-9499",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
number = "3",
}