New High Light Yield and Fast Ceramic Scintillator Y<sub>3</sub>Al<sub>2.5</sub>Ga<sub>2.5</sub>O<sub>12</sub>:Ce, Mg

New scintillation transparent ceramics Y<sub>3</sub>Al<sub>2.5</sub>Ga<sub>2.5</sub>O<sub>12</sub>:Ce, Mg has been produced and evaluated for the first time. The material possesses a density of 5.17 g/cm<sup>3</sup>, a highlight yield of 44...

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Main Authors: Valentina Smyslova, Aliaksei Bondarau, Andrei Fedorov, Elizaveta Borisevich, Ilya Lagutskiy, Petr Karpuyk, Ilia Komendo, Vladimir Kalinov, Vitaly Mechinsky, Vasilii Retivov, Yauheni Talochko, Andrei Vasil’ev, Mikhail Korzhik
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author Valentina Smyslova
Aliaksei Bondarau
Andrei Fedorov
Elizaveta Borisevich
Ilya Lagutskiy
Petr Karpuyk
Ilia Komendo
Vladimir Kalinov
Vitaly Mechinsky
Vasilii Retivov
Yauheni Talochko
Andrei Vasil’ev
Mikhail Korzhik
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Aliaksei Bondarau
Andrei Fedorov
Elizaveta Borisevich
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Petr Karpuyk
Ilia Komendo
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Vitaly Mechinsky
Vasilii Retivov
Yauheni Talochko
Andrei Vasil’ev
Mikhail Korzhik
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description New scintillation transparent ceramics Y<sub>3</sub>Al<sub>2.5</sub>Ga<sub>2.5</sub>O<sub>12</sub>:Ce, Mg has been produced and evaluated for the first time. The material possesses a density of 5.17 g/cm<sup>3</sup>, a highlight yield of 44,000 ph/MeV, and an effective scintillation kinetics decay constant of 47 ns. This unique combination of the parameters makes it superior to YAG:Ce. Production of the material does not include tooling from precious materials, and the rate of the crystalline mass production is not limited by the pulling rate of the crystal growth process. It can be quite prospective to upgrade the detection units of a variety of X-ray imaging devices. The mechanism of the scintillation light yield enhancement and kinetics shortening in the material are discussed as well.
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spelling doaj-art-59fdbe7d7e7a471fa65042d317b3355d2025-08-20T03:56:49ZengMDPI AGPhotonics2304-67322025-07-0112768010.3390/photonics12070680New High Light Yield and Fast Ceramic Scintillator Y<sub>3</sub>Al<sub>2.5</sub>Ga<sub>2.5</sub>O<sub>12</sub>:Ce, MgValentina Smyslova0Aliaksei Bondarau1Andrei Fedorov2Elizaveta Borisevich3Ilya Lagutskiy4Petr Karpuyk5Ilia Komendo6Vladimir Kalinov7Vitaly Mechinsky8Vasilii Retivov9Yauheni Talochko10Andrei Vasil’ev11Mikhail Korzhik12National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, RussiaRadiation Instruments and New Components LLC, 220600 Minsk, BelarusNational Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, RussiaInstitute for Nuclear Problems, Belarus State University, 220030 Minsk, BelarusATOMTEX SPE, 220005 Minsk, BelarusNational Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, RussiaNational Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, RussiaB.I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences, 220072 Minsk, BelarusNational Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, RussiaNational Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, RussiaJoint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, RussiaScobeltshin Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, 119234 Moscow, RussiaNational Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, RussiaNew scintillation transparent ceramics Y<sub>3</sub>Al<sub>2.5</sub>Ga<sub>2.5</sub>O<sub>12</sub>:Ce, Mg has been produced and evaluated for the first time. The material possesses a density of 5.17 g/cm<sup>3</sup>, a highlight yield of 44,000 ph/MeV, and an effective scintillation kinetics decay constant of 47 ns. This unique combination of the parameters makes it superior to YAG:Ce. Production of the material does not include tooling from precious materials, and the rate of the crystalline mass production is not limited by the pulling rate of the crystal growth process. It can be quite prospective to upgrade the detection units of a variety of X-ray imaging devices. The mechanism of the scintillation light yield enhancement and kinetics shortening in the material are discussed as well.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/12/7/680scintillatorgarnet structureceramicslight yieldscintillation kinetics
spellingShingle Valentina Smyslova
Aliaksei Bondarau
Andrei Fedorov
Elizaveta Borisevich
Ilya Lagutskiy
Petr Karpuyk
Ilia Komendo
Vladimir Kalinov
Vitaly Mechinsky
Vasilii Retivov
Yauheni Talochko
Andrei Vasil’ev
Mikhail Korzhik
New High Light Yield and Fast Ceramic Scintillator Y<sub>3</sub>Al<sub>2.5</sub>Ga<sub>2.5</sub>O<sub>12</sub>:Ce, Mg
Photonics
scintillator
garnet structure
ceramics
light yield
scintillation kinetics
title New High Light Yield and Fast Ceramic Scintillator Y<sub>3</sub>Al<sub>2.5</sub>Ga<sub>2.5</sub>O<sub>12</sub>:Ce, Mg
title_full New High Light Yield and Fast Ceramic Scintillator Y<sub>3</sub>Al<sub>2.5</sub>Ga<sub>2.5</sub>O<sub>12</sub>:Ce, Mg
title_fullStr New High Light Yield and Fast Ceramic Scintillator Y<sub>3</sub>Al<sub>2.5</sub>Ga<sub>2.5</sub>O<sub>12</sub>:Ce, Mg
title_full_unstemmed New High Light Yield and Fast Ceramic Scintillator Y<sub>3</sub>Al<sub>2.5</sub>Ga<sub>2.5</sub>O<sub>12</sub>:Ce, Mg
title_short New High Light Yield and Fast Ceramic Scintillator Y<sub>3</sub>Al<sub>2.5</sub>Ga<sub>2.5</sub>O<sub>12</sub>:Ce, Mg
title_sort new high light yield and fast ceramic scintillator y sub 3 sub al sub 2 5 sub ga sub 2 5 sub o sub 12 sub ce mg
topic scintillator
garnet structure
ceramics
light yield
scintillation kinetics
url https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/12/7/680
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