Optical and scintillation properties of CsBa2I5:Eu2+

Alekhin, Mikhail S.; Biner, Daniel; Krämer, Karl; Dorenbos, Pieter (2014). Optical and scintillation properties of CsBa2I5:Eu2+. Journal of luminescence, 145, pp. 723-728. North-Holland 10.1016/j.jlumin.2013.08.058

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The scintillation and luminescence properties of pure CsBa2I5 and CsBa2I5 doped with 0.5% Eu and 5% Eu were studied between 78 K and 600 K. Single crystals were grown by the vertical Bridgman method from the melt. CsBa2I5:5% Eu showed a light yield of 80,000 photons/MeV, an energy resolution of 2.3% for the 662 key full absorption peak, and an excellent proportional response. Two broad emission bands centered at 400 nm and 600 nm were observed in the radioluminescence spectrum of pure CsBa2I5. The Eu2+ 5d-4f emission band was observed at 430 nm. The radiative lifetime of the Eu2+ excited state was determined as 350 ns. With increasing temperature and Eu concentration the Eu2+ emission shifts to longer wavelengths and its decay time lengthens as a result of self-absorption of the Eu2+ emission. Multiple thermoluminescence glow peaks and a sharp decrease of the light yield at temperatures below 200 K were observed and related to the presence of the charge carrier traps in CsBa2I5:Eu.

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