Afterglow and Quantum Tunneling in Ce-Doped Lutetium Aluminum Garnet

E. Mihokova; V. Babin; J. Pejchal; V. Cuba; J. Barta; K. Popovich; L. S. Schulman; A. Yoshikawa; M. Nikl

doi:10.1109/TNS.2018.2823582

Afterglow and Quantum Tunneling in Ce-Doped Lutetium Aluminum Garnet

E. Mihokova, V. Babin, J. Pejchal, V. Cuba, J. Barta, K. Popovich, L. S. Schulman, A. Yoshikawa, M. Nikl

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We study the presence of quantum tunneling between the Ce³⁺ activator and host traps in lutetium aluminum garnet (LuAG). We monitor the afterglow of several Ce³⁺ (Mg²⁺)-doped LuAG samples in crystal and powder forms. The experiment is performed in the extended temperature range of 77-400 K. An inverse power-law function is fit to the data. A power-law exponent close to 1 confirms that the signal observed up to temperatures around 200-250 K is due to quantum tunneling between the Ce activators and traps.

Original language	English
Article number	8331929
Pages (from-to)	2085-2089
Number of pages	5
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Volume	65
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2018.2823582
Publication status	Published - 2018 Aug

Keywords

Garnets
luminescence
scintillator
tunneling

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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