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LIU Shengwei,WEI Qinhua,TONG Yufeng,et al.Growth and Properties of 1-inch Cs2LiLa(Br,Cl)6∶Ce Scintillation Crystal[J].Chinese Journal of Luminescence,2023,44(11):1923-1930. DOI: 10.37188/CJL.20230201.
Growth and Properties of 1-inch Cs2LiLa(Br,Cl)6∶Ce Scintillation Crystal增强出版
Because of the excellent scintillation performance, halide scintillation crystals with elpasolite structure doped with Ce
3+
have been attracted wide attention. In this paper, high-quality Ce
3+
doped Cs
2
LiLa(Br,Cl)
6
scintillation crystal with 1-inch size has been prepared successfully by Bridgman method. The crystal structure and composition of Cs
2
LiLa(Br,Cl)
6
∶Ce crystals were analyzed by X-ray diffraction, EDS, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The results show that the Cl
-
was successfully introduced into the matrix material and the crystal structure was unchanged. The photoluminescence spectra, X-ray excited emission spectra, and ultraviolet fluorescence decay results show that Cl
-
doping did not have a significant effect on luminescence center. It still has a fast decay time of 28 ns. The energy spectra of the crystal were measured under
137
Cs@662 keV gamma source and
252
Cf source. It was found that the crystal had excellent energy resolution (4.2%@662 keV) and neutron discrimination performance (FOM value is 1.9), which had great application prospects in the field of nuclear radiation detection.
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