Influence of heavy magnesium codoping on emission decay in Ce-doped multicomponent garnet scintillators
Saulius Nargelas, Arnoldas Solovjovas, Yauheni Talochka, Žydrūnas Podlipskas, Miroslav Kučera, Zuzana Lučeničová, Gintautas Tamulaitis
Abstract
Heavy Mg-codoping substantially increases the emission decay rate of Ce-doped garnet-type scintillators by introducing Mg–Ce centers with a lower barrier for thermal quenching and a channel for temperature-independent nonradiative recombination.
Topics & Concepts
ScintillatorMaterials scienceDopingQuenching (fluorescence)MagnesiumThermal emissionAnalytical Chemistry (journal)ThermalOptoelectronicsFluorescenceMetallurgyOpticsPhysicsThermodynamicsChemistryDetectorChromatographyRadiation Detection and Scintillator TechnologiesAtomic and Subatomic Physics ResearchLuminescence Properties of Advanced Materials