Nanocomposite, Ceramic, and Thin Film Scintillators

0517226 - FZÚ 2020 RIV SG eng M - Monography Chapter
Kučera, M. - Průša, Petr
LPE-grown thin-film scintillators.
Nanocomposite, Ceramic, and Thin Film Scintillators. Singapore: Pan Stanford Publishing, 2017 - (Nikl, M.), s. 155-226. ISBN 978-981-4745-22-2
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : single-crystalline films * liquid-phase epitaxy * wave-guide laser * energy-transfer processes * substituted yttrium-iron * pr-doped yap
OECD category: Condensed matter physics (including formerly solid state physics, supercond.)

In scintillators, the high-energy particles (electrons, protons, neutrons, alpha particles) or photons (X-rays or gamma rays) can excite electrons in atoms, which then return to the ground state and this return is accompanied by emission of visible photons, which can be easily detected (measured) by standard detectors such as photomultipliers, CCD, etc. The de-excitation can be prompt (in nanosecond time scale) or delayed (miliseconds up to hours)-both types are used in practice. In this chapter the present status of epitaxial oxide films, particularly garnets, perovskites, and oxyorthosilicates, will be reviewed. We focus especially on the growth procedure, and their luminescent and scintillation properties in comparison with the properties of bulk single crystal.
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