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Growth and scintillation properties of Eu and Ce doped LiSrI3 single crystals

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In this study, Eu and Ce doped LiSrI3 single crystals were explored and the scintillation performance was reported at the first time. Eu and Ce doped LiSrI3 single crystals were grown by the Bridgman–Stockbarger method in a quartz ampoule with 3 mm inner diameter. Growth rate was 0.06 mm/min. Circular samples with 1 mm thickness were obtained from the grown crystal. The grown Eu doped LiSrI3 crystal demonstrated Eu2+ 4f–5d emission peak at 420 nm under alpha-ray excitation. In the case of Ce doped one, double emission peaks at 360 and 400 nm were observed. The light yield of the Eu doped LiSrI3 was around 35,000 photon/MeV for 662 keV gamma-ray and 24,000 photon/5.5 MeV for alpha-ray. Energy resolution of the Eu doped LiSrI3 was 5.2%@662 keV. Scintillation decay time of the grown Ce and Eu doped LiSrI3 under 662 keV gamma-ray was 23.8 ns (50%) 212 ns (50%) and 545 ns 100%, respectively.

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This work was partially supported by Adaptable & Seamless Technology Transfer Program through Target-driven R&D (A-STEP), JST. In addition, we would like to thank following persons for their support: Mr. Yoshihiro Nakamura in Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University and Mr. Hiroshi Uemura, Ms. Keiko Toguchi and Ms. Megumi Sasaki, Ms. Yuka Takeda in IMR.

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  1. New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8579, Japan

    Kei Kamada, Shunsuke Kurosawa, Yuui Yokota & Akira Yoshikawa

  2. C&A corporation, T-Biz, 6-6-10 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 80-8579, Japan

    Kei Kamada, Masao Yoshino, Rikito Murakami, Yasuhiro Shoji, Vladimir V. Kochurikhin & Akira Yoshikawa

  3. Institute for Material Reseach, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan

    Masao Yoshino, Hiroyuki Chiba, Akihiro Yamaji, Yasuhiro Shoji, Shunsuke Kurosawa, Yuji Ohashi & Akira Yoshikawa

  4. General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov Str., Moscow, Russia, 119991

    Vladimir V. Kochurikhin

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Kamada, K., Yoshino, M., Murakami, R. et al. Growth and scintillation properties of Eu and Ce doped LiSrI3 single crystals. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 28, 13157–13160 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-017-7150-9

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