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Scintillation in cerium‐activated gadolinium‐based crystals
Author(s) -
Kondratiev D. M.,
Korzhik M. V.,
Fyodorov A. A.,
Pavlenko V. B.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2221970132
Subject(s) - gadolinium , cerium , scintillation , excited state , ion , doping , energy transfer , materials science , atomic physics , physics , chemistry , optics , optoelectronics , detector , metallurgy , quantum mechanics
Scintillation in cerium‐doped gadolinium‐based crystals results from the energy transfer of excited host matrix Gd 3+ ions ( 6 I 7/2,11/2 ; 6 P 7/2,5/2) to the Ce 3+ ions {5d 1 ( 2 T 2 )} which radiatively relax to the ground state.