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Cesium hafnium chloride scintillator coupled with an avalanche photodiode photodetector

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Optical and scintillation properties of pure Cs2HfCl6 (CHC) single crystals were investigated. In particular, light output and energy resolution were measured using a Si avalanche photodiode (Si-APD), since the Si-APD… Click to show full abstract

Optical and scintillation properties of pure Cs2HfCl6 (CHC) single crystals were investigated. In particular, light output and energy resolution were measured using a Si avalanche photodiode (Si-APD), since the Si-APD has sufficient quantum efficiency of around 70 % at emission wavelength region of CHC around 420 nm. This CHC single crystal grown using the vertical Bridgeman method showed light output of 37,000± 2,000 photons/MeV . The FWHM energy resolution was determined to be 3.7± 0.5× (E/662 keV)−0.85± 0.03[%], where E [keV] is the gamma-ray energy. Moreover, the temperature dependence of the light output was stable from −5 to 30 oC, while the light output increased below −10 oC.

Keywords: avalanche photodiode; cesium hafnium; light output

Journal Title: Journal of Instrumentation
Year Published: 2017

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