Title
| Preparation and luminescence properties of ZnO:Ga – polystyrene composite scintillator |
Related title | Preparation and luminescence properties of ZnO:Ga – polystyrene composite scintillator
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Author(s)
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Burešová, Hana (NUVIA, Czech Republic) ; Procházková, Lenka (Prague, Tech. U.) ; Turtos, Rosana Martinez (Milan Bicocca U.) ; Jarý, Vítězslav (Prague, Inst. Phys.) ; Mihóková, Eva (Prague, Inst. Phys.) ; Beitlerová, Alena (Prague, Inst. Phys.) ; Pjatkan, Radek (NUVIA, Czech Republic) ; Gundacker, Stefan (CERN) ; Auffray, Etiennette (CERN) ; Lecoq, Paul (CERN) ; Nikl, Martin (Prague, Inst. Phys.) ; Čuba, Václav (Prague, Tech. U.) Visa alla 12 författare |
Publication
| 2016 |
Number of pages
| 10 |
In:
| Opt. Express 24 (2016) 15289 |
DOI
| 10.1364/OE.24.015289
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Subject category
| Other |
Abstract
| Highly luminescent ZnO:Ga-polystyrene composite (ZnO:Ga-PS) with ultrafast subnanosecond decay was prepared by homogeneous embedding the ZnO:Ga scintillating powder into the scintillating organic matrix. The powder was prepared by photo-induced precipitation with subsequent calcination in air and Ar/H2 atmospheres. The composite was subsequently prepared by mixing the ZnO:Ga powder into the polystyrene (10 wt% fraction of ZnO:Ga) and press compacted to the 1 mm thick pellet. Luminescent spectral and kinetic characteristics of ZnO:Ga were preserved. Radioluminescence spectra corresponded purely to the ZnO:Ga scintillating phase and emission of polystyrene at 300-350 nm was absent. These features suggest the presence of non-radiative energy transfer from polystyrene host towards the ZnO:Ga scintillating phase which is confirmed by the measurement of X-ray excited scintillation decay with picosecond time resolution. It shows an ultrafast rise time below the time resolution of the experiment (18 ps) and a single-exponential decay with the decay time around 500 ps. |