@article{846bb0951c804698a642f9ea4c6cfeec,
title = "Crystal growth and scintillation properties of (NaxCa 1-2xLux-yNd y)F2 single crystals",
abstract = "NaxCa1-2xLux- yNdyF2 single crystals were grown from the melt using the precise atmosphere control type Micro-Pulling-Down (μ-PD) method to investigate their potential as a vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV) scintillators. The grown crystals were single-phase materials with fluorite-type structure (Fm-3m, Z = 4) as confirmed by XRD. The crystals demonstrated 80-90% transmittance above 200 nm wavelength and Nd3+ 5d-4f luminescence (when exited by X-ray) observed around 185 nm. The radioluminescence measurements under 5.5 MeV α-ray excitation (241Am) demonstrated the light yield of 48 [Ph/5.5 MeV-α] and the decay time of 6.4-7.7 ns.",
keywords = "Inorganic compound, Radiation, Scintillating materials, Scintillators, Single crystal growth, Vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV)",
author = "Yuki Furuya and Shingo Wakahara and Makoto Sugiyama and Hidehiko Tanaka and Kentaro Fukuda and Noriaki Kawaguchi and Yuui Yokota and Takayuki Yanagida and Akira Yoshikawa",
note = "Funding Information: This work was partially supported by Ministry of Health and Welfare, Grant-in-Aid for the development of medical instruments and by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japanese Government, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A), 19686001 (AY). Partial support form Czech GAAV Project M100100910 are also gratefully acknowledged.",
year = "2011",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1016/j.optmat.2011.07.001",
language = "English",
volume = "34",
pages = "75--78",
journal = "Optical Materials",
issn = "0925-3467",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "1",
}