Fundamental aspects, recent progress and future prospects of inorganic scintillators
Takayuki Yanagida, Takumi Kato, Daisuke Nakauchi, Noriaki Kawaguchi
Abstract
Abstract The present work reviews some fundamental aspects of scintillators, including the light yield, decay time, emission wavelength, afterglow, timing resolution and energy resolution. Following fundamental aspects, recently developed inorganic ceramic, glass and single crystal scintillators are introduced with some future prospects.
Topics & Concepts
ScintillatorAfterglowYield (engineering)Materials scienceWavelengthResolution (logic)CeramicOpticsEnergy (signal processing)OptoelectronicsNanotechnologyEngineering physicsPhysicsDetectorComputer scienceAstrophysicsGamma-ray burstMetallurgyArtificial intelligenceComposite materialQuantum mechanicsRadiation Detection and Scintillator TechnologiesLuminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsAtomic and Subatomic Physics Research