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Superdense Tb 3+ ‐activated borogermanate‐tellurite scintillating glasses
Author(s) -
Sun XinYuan,
Wen ZhuoXing,
Liu XiuJian,
Hu QiangLin,
Yang QingMei,
Kang Zhitao
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/jace.16128
Subject(s) - luminescence , scintillation , photoluminescence , materials science , quenching (fluorescence) , excited state , transmittance , crystal (programming language) , scintillator , excitation , analytical chemistry (journal) , ultraviolet , optoelectronics , optics , fluorescence , chemistry , atomic physics , physics , quantum mechanics , chromatography , detector , computer science , programming language
Novel Tb 3+ ‐activated borogermanate‐tellurite scintillating glasses with a maximum density of 7.15 g/cm 3 aimed at detection of high‐energy rays were prepared by a melt‐quenching method for the first time. The concentration‐dependent optical properties including transmittance, photoluminescence, luminescence dynamic behaviors, and X‐ray excited luminescence in the as‐prepared Tb 3+ ‐activated borogermanate‐tellurite glasses were studied. The optimal content of Tb 2 O 3 in the superdense borogermanate‐tellurite glasses is revealed to be 7 mol% under both 275 nm ultraviolet light and X‐ray excitation. The integral scintillation efficiency of Tb 3+ ‐activated borogermanate‐tellurite scintillating glass is about 33.71% of the standard Bi 4 Ge 3 O 12 (BGO) scintillating crystal.