Semiconductor Optoelectronics, Volume. 46, Issue 4, 638(2025)

Time-correlated Single Photon Counting-based System for Measuring Fluorescence Decay Characteristics of Scintillators and Optimization Research

ZHANG Xiangyu, HAN Jifeng, QU Guofeng, LIU Xingquan, and LIN Weiping
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  • Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, CHN
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    ZHANG Xiangyu, HAN Jifeng, QU Guofeng, LIU Xingquan, LIN Weiping. Time-correlated Single Photon Counting-based System for Measuring Fluorescence Decay Characteristics of Scintillators and Optimization Research[J]. Semiconductor Optoelectronics, 2025, 46(4): 638

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    Received: Feb. 22, 2025

    Accepted: Sep. 18, 2025

    Published Online: Sep. 18, 2025

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    DOI:10.16818/j.issn1001-5868.20250222003

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