Journal of Synthetic Crystals, Volume. 50, Issue 10, 1963(2021)

Microstructure and Luminescence Properties of Ce3+ Doped GdLu2Al5O12/Al2O3 Eutectic

ZOU Zhenggang1、*, LIU Zhen2, GONG Guoliang1, SUN Yijian1, WEN Herui1, and ZHONG Jiuping2
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    Rare earth scintillation eutectic is a kind of radioluminescence material including two crystallographic phases with different refractive index prepared by directional solidification. The refractive index of the scintillator phase doped with active ions is higher than that of the matrix phase. Under the irradiation of high-energy rays, the scintillation light can be generated in the scintillation phase, and then the scintillation light is transmitted and output in total reflection at the interface between scintillator phase and matrix phase, thus effectively improving the spatial resolution of radiation detection imaging through directional propagation. In this work, 1.0%(atomic fraction) Ce∶GdLu2Al5O12/Al2O3eutectic with the size of 3 mm×117.0 mm was successfully grown by micro-pulling-down method. The 3 mm×2.0 mm thin eutectic slices were obtained by cutting and polishing, and then were used to be tested for microstructure, energy spectrum and fluorescence properties analysis. It is confirmed that the eutectic is composed of Ce∶GdLuAG and Al2O3 by XRD, SEM and EDS determination. There is a certain ordered arrangement in the growth direction. The fluorescence spectra show that the eutectic material has energy transfer between Gd3+-Ce3+, and has a typical Ce3+ radiation transition, in which the double broad emission peak is the strongest at 560 nm. In addition, according to the effects of pulling speed on the emission peak intensity, peak position and fluorescence lifetime, the growth rate was optimized to be 4.0 mm/min.

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    ZOU Zhenggang, LIU Zhen, GONG Guoliang, SUN Yijian, WEN Herui, ZHONG Jiuping. Microstructure and Luminescence Properties of Ce3+ Doped GdLu2Al5O12/Al2O3 Eutectic[J]. Journal of Synthetic Crystals, 2021, 50(10): 1963

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    Received: Aug. 13, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Dec. 6, 2021

    The Author Email: Zhenggang ZOU (zouzhenggang15@163.com)

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    CSTR:32186.14.

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