TlSr2Br5: New intrinsic scintillator for X-ray and γ-ray detection

Gul Rooh, Arshad Khan, H. J. Kim, H. Park, Sunghwan Kim

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Abstract

New thallium based intrinsically activated scintillator for X-ray and gamma ray detection is reported. Luminescence and scintillation properties are measured under X-ray and γ-ray excitation sources at room temperature. This compound is grown from the melt using two zones vertical Bridgman method. X-ray induced emission spectrum exhibits intense luminescence band at 441 nm wavelength. Scintillation light yield and energy resolution are found to be 37,600 ± 3700 ph/MeV and 4.6% (FWHM), respectively under 662 keV excitation from 137Cs source. Two decay time constants are obtained when sample is excited by γ-ray at room temperature. Measured properties revealed that this compound is a potential scintillator and could be used as radiation detector in different applications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)523-526
Number of pages4
JournalOptical Materials
Volume73
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2017

Keywords

  • A1. Decay time
  • A1. Energy resolution
  • A1. Scintillator
  • A1. X-ray
  • B2. Light yield

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