najoNanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, MathematicsНаносистемы: физика, химия, математика2220-80542305-7971Университет ИТМО10.17586/2220-8054-2017-8-3-351-359najo-610Research ArticlePHYSICSФИЗИКАCe:YAG transparent ceramics based on nanopowders produced by laser ablation method: Fabrication, optical and scintillation propertiesOsipovV. V.

Amundsena St. 106, Ekaterinburg 620016

ShitovV. A.

Amundsena St. 106, Ekaterinburg 620016

LukyashinK. E.

Amundsena St. 106, Ekaterinburg 620016

kostya@iep.uran.ruMaksimovR. N.

Amundsena St. 106, Ekaterinburg 620016; Mira St. 19, Ekaterinburg 620002

IshchenkoA. V.

Mira St. 19, Ekaterinburg 620002

PlatonovV. V.

Amundsena St. 106, Ekaterinburg 620016

Institute of Electrophysics UrB RASRussian FederationInstitute of Electrophysics UrB RAS; Ural Federal UniversityRussian FederationUral Federal UniversityRussian Federation20171108202583351359Copyright © Osipov V.V., Shitov V.A., Lukyashin K.E., Maksimov R.N., Ishchenko A.V., Platonov V.V., 20252025Osipov V.V., Shitov V.A., Lukyashin K.E., Maksimov R.N., Ishchenko A.V., Platonov V.V.Osipov V.V., Shitov V.A., Lukyashin K.E., Maksimov R.N., Ishchenko A.V., Platonov V.V.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://nanojournal.ifmo.ru/jour/article/view/610

Transparent Ce:YAG ceramics were fabricated by the solid-state reaction method with an additional round of pre-calcining using nanopowders of Ce2xY2−2xO3 (x = 0.001, 0.01, 0.03 and 0.05) and Al2O3 synthesized by laser ablation. Additional pre-calcining of the nanopowder mixture in air was used to partially transform the oxides into the YAG phase before sintering. The transmittance of the obtained 2-mm-thick Ce:YAG ceramics was over 81 % in the wavelength range of 500–900 nm. The average volumes of the scattering centers in the obtained ceramics were evaluated by direct count method to be 34, 74, 53, 50 ppm for 0.1, 1, 3 and 5 % Ce doping concentration, respectively. The absolute light yields, energy resolutions under 662 keV gamma ray, and decay curves of scintillations of the fabricated Ce:YAG samples were measured and compared to those of Ce:YAG and CsI:Tl single crystals.

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