Large-size single crystal growth of Pr:Lu3Al5O 12 and uniformity of its scintillation properties

Kei Kamada; Kousuke Tsutsumi; Takayuki Yanagida; Takanori Endo; Yoshiyuki Usuki; Akira Yoshikawa; Akihiro Fukabori

doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5402308

Large-size single crystal growth of Pr:Lu₃Al₅O ₁₂ and uniformity of its scintillation properties

Kei Kamada, Kousuke Tsutsumi, Takayuki Yanagida, Takanori Endo, Yoshiyuki Usuki, Akira Yoshikawa, Akihiro Fukabori

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Abstract

Pr:LuAG crystals possess interesting properties such as high density, high light yield, and very fast 5d-4f emission decay time. Recently, we developed a Pr:LuAG single crystal with a diameter of 92mm for scintillator applications such as medical imaging. In this study, Pr-doped Lu₃Al ₅O₁₂ (Pr:LuAG) single crystals with a diameter of 92mm were grown by means of the Czochralski method; a body length of up to 100 mm was achieved. Scintillation light yield of Pr:LuAG was more than 2.8 times higher than the standard Bi₄Ge₃O₁₂(BGO) sample. Using 2.45mm x5.1mm xl5mm size sample coupled with photomultiplier (Hamamatsu H7195), energy resolution was 7.1% at 662 keV in average. The standard deviation of the light yield and the energy resolution was around 5.4 % and 9.5 % along the longitudinal direction of the grown crystal, respectively.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2009
Pages	1456-1458
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5402308
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2009 - Orlando, FL, United States Duration: 2009 Oct 25 → 2009 Oct 31

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Name	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
ISSN (Print)	1095-7863

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Conference	2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando, FL
Period	09/10/25 → 09/10/31

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Kamada, K., Tsutsumi, K., Yanagida, T., Endo, T., Usuki, Y., Yoshikawa, A., & Fukabori, A. (2009). Large-size single crystal growth of Pr:Lu₃Al₅O ₁₂ and uniformity of its scintillation properties. In 2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2009 (pp. 1456-1458). Article 5402308 (IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record). https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5402308

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