| მთავარი > Timing performance of ZnO:Ga nanopowder composite scintillators |
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| Title | Timing performance of ZnO:Ga nanopowder composite scintillators |
| Related title | Timing performance of ZnO:Ga nanopowder composite scintillators |
| Author(s) | Turtos, Rosana M (Milan Bicocca U.) ; Gundacker, Stefan (CERN) ; Lucchini, Marco T (CERN) ; Procházková, Lenka (Prague, Tech. U.) ; Čuba, Václav (Prague, Tech. U.) ; Burešová, Hana ; Mrázek, Jan (ASCR, Prague) ; Nikl, Martin (Prague, Inst. Phys.) ; Lecoq, Paul (CERN) ; Auffray, Etiennette (CERN) |
| Publication | 2016 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| In: | Phys. Status Solidi RRL 10 (2016) 843-847 |
| DOI | 10.1002/pssr.201600288 |
| Subject category | Detectors and Experimental Techniques |
| Abstract | The implementation of nanocrystal-based composite scintilla-tors as a new generation of ultrafast particle detectors is ex-plored using ZnO:Ga nanopowder. Samples are characterized with a spectral-time resolved photon counting system and pulsed X-rays, followed by coincidence time resolution(CTR) measurements under 511 keV gamma excitation. Results are comparable to CTR values obtained using bulk inorganic scintillators. Bringing the ZnO:Ga nanocrystal’s timing performance to radiation detectors could pave the research path towards sub-20 ps time resolution as shown in this contribution. However, an efficiency boost when placing nanopowders in a transparent host constitutes the main challenge in order to benefit from sub-nanosecond recombination times. |