Photoluminescence and scintillation properties of rare-earth-doped SrTa2O6 single crystals
摘要
The SrTa2O6 single-crystal samples with doped rare-earth (RE) ions (Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Yb for the doping concentration of 1.0 mol% with respect to Sr) were grown by the floating zone method. These samples were used to investigate their photoluminescence (PL) and scintillation properties. The X-ray diffraction analysis verified that all samples were single-phase without detectable impurity phases. The PL and scintillation results showed emission due to the 4f–4f transitions of RE ions except for Ce- and Gd-doped ones. When integrated scintillation intensity was calculated, Pr-, Sm-, and Tb-doped samples exhibited high values in the ultraviolet to visible region (200–680 nm), whereas in the near-infrared region (680–1650 nm), high values were observed for Nd- and Yb-doped samples.