Print Email Facebook Twitter Energy resolution and related charge carrier mobility in LaBr3:Ce scintillators Title Energy resolution and related charge carrier mobility in LaBr3:Ce scintillators Author Khodyuk, I.V. Quarati, F.G.A. Alekhin, M.S. Dorenbos, P. Faculty Applied Sciences Department RST/Radiation, Science and Technology Date 2013-09-27 Abstract The scintillation response of LaBr3:Ce scintillation crystals was studied as function of temperature and Ce concentration with synchrotron X-rays between 9?keV and 100?keV. The results were analyzed using the theory of carrier transport in wide band gap semiconductors to gain new insights into charge carrier generation, diffusion, and capture mechanisms. Their influence on the efficiency of energy transfer and conversion from X-ray or ?-ray photon to optical photons and therefore on the energy resolution of lanthanum halide scintillators was studied. From this, we will propose that scattering of carriers by both the lattice phonons and by ionized impurities are key processes determining the temperature dependence of carrier mobility and ultimately the scintillation efficiency and energy resolution. When assuming about 100?ppm ionized impurity concentration in 0.2% Ce3+ doped LaBr3, mobilities are such that we can reproduce the observed temperature dependence of the energy resolution, and in particular, the minimum in resolution near room temperature is reproduced. Subject charge carriersionizationcarrier mobilityphotonsionizing radiationphononsdiffusiondopingcarrier scatteringelectron hole To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:04aaac8d-1f90-461a-add9-acb2f415c75b DOI https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4823737 Publisher American Institute of Physics ISSN 0021-8979 Source https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4823737 Source Journal of Applied Physics, 114 (12), 2013 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2013 AIP Publishing Files PDF Khodyuk_2013.pdf 1.1 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:04aaac8d-1f90-461a-add9-acb2f415c75b/datastream/OBJ/view