Growth and Study of Scintillation Properties of Orthovanadate Crystals Ca:GdVO4 and Ca:YVO4


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Abstract

New scintillation orthovanadate crystals Ca:GdVO4 and Ca:YVO4 featuring intrinsic luminescence are grown. The spectra of pulsed cathodoluminescence of new scintillators and their luminescence decay time are studied. Using γ-rays with an energy of 662 keV from the 137Cs source, total absorption spectra (so-called photopeaks) for new orthovanadate crystals are measured. It is shown that the light yield of Ca:YVO4 and Ca:GdVO4 crystals is 28100 photon/MeV and 14000 photon/MeV, respectively.

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S. N. Andreev

Lebedev Physical Institute

Email: kozlov@sci.lebedev.ru
Russian Federation, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991

M. V. Belov

Lebedev Physical Institute

Email: kozlov@sci.lebedev.ru
Russian Federation, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991

Yu. D. Zavartsev

Prokhorov General Physics Institute

Email: kozlov@sci.lebedev.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, 119991

M. V. Zavertyaev

Lebedev Physical Institute

Email: kozlov@sci.lebedev.ru
Russian Federation, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991

A. I. Zagumennyi

Prokhorov General Physics Institute

Email: kozlov@sci.lebedev.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, 119991

V. A. Kozlov

Lebedev Physical Institute

Author for correspondence.
Email: kozlov@sci.lebedev.ru
Russian Federation, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991

S. A. Kutovoi

Prokhorov General Physics Institute

Email: kozlov@sci.lebedev.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, 119991

N. V. Pestovskii

Lebedev Physical Institute

Email: kozlov@sci.lebedev.ru
Russian Federation, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991

S. Yu. Savinov

Lebedev Physical Institute

Email: kozlov@sci.lebedev.ru
Russian Federation, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991


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