Multiplication of electronic excitations and prospects for increasing scintillation efficiency in wide-gap crystals

A Lushchik, M Kirm, C Lushchik, Indrek Martinson, V Nagirnyi, F Savikhin, E Vasil'chenko

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Abstract

A comparative analysis of the electron-hole (e-h) excitation mechanism of impurity luminescence has been performed for wide-gap oxides (WGO) and alkali halides crystals (AHC). A low quantum yield of scintillation in WGO with respect to that in AHC is connected with the high value of the average energy needed for the creation of an e-h pair in WGO. In AHC and many WGO, the width of a valence band E, is smaller than the energy gap E, and hot valence holes are not able to create any secondary e-h pairs. The E-v/E-g ratio that describes ''hole losses'' in scintillators is 1.5-2.0 times higher in WGO than in CsI. The scenario of the two-step transformation of an e-h pair or an anion exciton into two emitted photons in alpha-Al2O3:Mg2+, Ti4+ has been considered.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)45-49
JournalNuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
Volume537
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Accelerator Physics and Instrumentation

Free keywords

  • plasmons
  • scintillation efficiency
  • luminescence
  • wide-gap oxides

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