Eu-activated fluorochlorozirconate glass-ceramic scintillators

被引：86

作者：

Johnson, J. A.

Schweizer, S.

Henke, B.

Chen, G.

Woodford, J.

Newman, P. J.

MacFarlane, D. R.

机构：

[1] Argonne Natl Lab, Div Energy Technol, Argonne, IL 60439 USA

[2] Univ Gesamthsch Paderborn, Fac Sci, Dept Phys, D-33095 Paderborn, Germany

[3] Monash Univ, Sch Chem, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia

[4] Monash Univ, Australian Ctr Electromat Sci, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia

来源：

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS | 2006年 / 100卷 / 03期

基金：

美国国家卫生研究院;

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D O I：

10.1063/1.2225765

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

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摘要：

Rare-earth-doped fluorochlorozirconate (FCZ) glass-ceramic materials have been developed as scintillators and their properties investigated as a function of dopant level. The paper presents the relative scintillation efficiency in comparison to single-crystal cadmium tungstate, the scintillation intensity as a function of x-ray intensity and x-ray energy, and the spatial resolution (modulation transfer function). Images obtained with the FCZ glass-ceramic scintillator and with cadmium tungstate are also presented. Comparison shows that the image quality obtained using the glass ceramic is close to that from cadmium tungstate. Therefore, the glass-ceramic scintillator could be used as an alternative material for image formation resulting from scintillation. Other inorganic scintillators such as single crystals or polycrystalline films have limitations in resolution or size, but the transparent glass-ceramic can be scaled to any shape or size with excellent resolution. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.

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