Low Temperature Delayed Recombination Decay in Complex Oxide Scintillating Crystals

We study the low temperature contribution to delayed recombination decay in several complex oxide scintillating crystals. We experimentally test the previously suggested hypothesis that the losses of fast scintillation light even at the lowest temperatures can be due to quantum effects. The results...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on nuclear science 2014-02, Vol.61 (1), p.257-261
Main Authors: Mihokova, E., Jary, V., Schulman, L. S., Nikl, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Crystal defects
Crystals
Decay
Luminescence
Monitoring
Origins
Oxides
Radiative recombination
Scintillation
scintillator
Temperature measurement
Tunneling
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Summary:We study the low temperature contribution to delayed recombination decay in several complex oxide scintillating crystals. We experimentally test the previously suggested hypothesis that the losses of fast scintillation light even at the lowest temperatures can be due to quantum effects. The results obtained for several material systems confirm that quantum tunneling between the luminescence center and a nearby defect is a good candidate for the origin of the observed phenomena.
ISSN:0018-9499
1558-1578
DOI:10.1109/TNS.2013.2273974