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Rare-earth Activated Glass and Glass-Ceramic for Neutron Detection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2012

Wei Dai ,
Henry Marcacci ,
Brendan Lynch ,
Hisham Menkara ,
Brent Wagner ,
Zhitao Kang ,
Cai-Lin Wang ,
Yacouba Diawara  and
Ralf Engels
Wei Dai
Affiliation:
Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA 30332 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA 30332
Henry Marcacci
Affiliation:
Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA 30332 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA 30332
Brendan Lynch
Affiliation:
Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA 30332
Hisham Menkara
Affiliation:
Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA 30332
Brent Wagner
Affiliation:
Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA 30332
Zhitao Kang*
Affiliation:
Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA 30332 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA 30332
Cai-Lin Wang
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6460
Yacouba Diawara
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6460
Ralf Engels
Affiliation:
Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Juelich 52425 Germany
*
*Email: zhitao.kang@gtri.gatech.edu
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Abstract

Neutron detection scintillators based on rare-earth activated transparent glass and glass-ceramics are reported. Ce3+ doped gadolinium halides in 6LiF modified aluminosilicate glass matrices were synthesized by a melt-quench method followed by annealing. Their optical properties and alpha, neutron scintillation performance were investigated and compared to conventional 6Li-based scintillating glass.

Keywords

nanostructureoptical propertiesneutron irradiation
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1471: Symposium YY – Rare-Earth-Based Materials , 2012 , mrss12-1471-yy10-06
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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