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Abstract
| PbWO4 crystal has been chosen for a scintillating detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in CERN due to its high density, short radiation length and fast decay time. Extensive investigations have been done around the world to improve the scintillation performance by annealing treatment and aliavalent ion doping in the crystals. The works in this report are focused on the enhancement of light yield in PbWO4 crystals by doping and annealing, and excellent scintillation performance still are kept for this material. The doping ions in the crystal include monovalent ions, trivalent ions and co-doping between different aliavalent ions. Many results were first report in the material. Meanwhile, the annealing mechanism and aliavalent ion doping mechanism from viewpoint of microstructure were also discussed. Besides, these results reveal also that PWO might have potential use in the PET material, even in the optoelectronic application. |