Towards the development of APLF scintillators for neutron detection

Authors

  • Nobuhiko Sarukura Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
  • Yasunobu Arikawa Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
  • Takahiro Murata Kumamoto University
  • Kozue Watanabe Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
  • Kohei Yamanoi Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
  • Marilou Cadatal Raduban Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University
  • Melvin John F. Empizo Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
  • Kohei Sakai Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
  • Takahiro Nagai Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
  • Masahiro Kouno Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
  • Tomoharu Nakazato Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
  • Toshihiko Shimizu Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
  • Mitsuo Nakai Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
  • Takayoshi Norimatsu Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
  • Hiroaki Nishimura Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
  • Youichirou Hironaka Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
  • Hiroshi Azechi Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
  • Shigeru Fujino Art, Science and Technology Center for Cooperative Research, Kyushu University
  • Hideki Yoshida Ceramic Research Center of Nagasaki
  • Kei Kamada Furukawa Co.
  • Yoshiyuki Usuki Furukawa Co.
  • Toshihisa Suyama Tokuyama Corporation Shibuya
  • Akira Yoshikawa Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
  • Nobuhiko Izumi Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California
  • Nakahiro Satoh Central Research Laboratory, Hamamatsu Photonics
  • Hirofumi Kan Central Research Laboratory, Hamamatsu Photonics

Abstract

We studied lanthanide-doped 20Al(PO3)3-80LiF, or simply APLF, as scintillator for neutron detection. Lanthanide-doped APLFs had faster fluorescence decay times by about 10 ns compared to a standard scintillator, GS2. Nd-doped APLF exhibited the fastest decay time of 6.6 ns. The fluorescence of the Pr-doped and GS2 using different radiation sources were also compared. The Pr-doped APLF had faster decay time compared to GS2 regardless of the radioactive excitation source. We demonstrated the potential of the Pr-doped APLF as a scintillator by neutron diagnostics. Lanthanide- doped APLFs can be better alternatives to conventional scintillators. We envision further developments of lanthanide-doped APLF-based neutron
scintillators.

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Article ID

SPP2013-4A-4

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Materials Science

Published

2018-07-30

How to Cite

[1]
N Sarukura, Y Arikawa, T Murata, K Watanabe, K Yamanoi, MC Raduban, MJF Empizo, K Sakai, T Nagai, M Kouno, T Nakazato, T Shimizu, M Nakai, T Norimatsu, H Nishimura, Y Hironaka, H Azechi, S Fujino, H Yoshida, K Kamada, Y Usuki, T Suyama, A Yoshikawa, N Izumi, N Satoh, and H Kan, Towards the development of APLF scintillators for neutron detection, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 31, SPP2013-4A-4 (2018). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP2013-4A-4.