Funct. Mater. 2021; 28 (4): 633-636

doi:https://doi.org/10.15407/fm28.04.633

Scintillation properties of single crystals of K(Sr1-xEux)2Cl5 solid solutions

A.L.Rebrov1, Ya.A.Boyarintseva1, V.L.Cherginets1, T.E.Gorbacheva1, A.Yu.Grippa1, T.P.Rebrova1, T.V.Ponomarenko1, O.I.Yurchenko2, N.V.Rebrova1, V.A.Tarasov1, P.N.Zhmurin1

1Institute for Scintillation Materials, STC "Institute for Single Crystals", National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 60 Nauky Ave., 61001 Kharkiv, Ukraine
2V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University, 4 Svobody Sq., 61022 Kharkiv, Ukraine

Abstract: 

The influence of Eu content on scintillation properties of single crystals of K(Sr1-xEux)2Cl5 composition has been studied. The single crystals were grown using the directional crystallization (Bridgman method). The dependence of the scintillation parameters (light yield, energy resolution) of K(Sr1-xEux)2Cl5 single crystals on the Eu content reaches the optimum at x = 0.01. The absolute light yield of the K(Sr0.99Eu0.01)2Cl5 single crystal was estimated as 38000 photons per MeV.

Keywords: 
scintillator, chlorides, solid solutions, single crystals, absolute light yield, energy resolution.

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