Experimental study demonstrates improved scintillation properties with increased cerium doping in LuYAP single crystals, highlighting potential enhancements for positron emission tomography.
The light yield and decay properties are the most crucial parameters of cerium-doped lutetium orthoaluminate (LuAlO 3 -Ce, LuAP) and yttrium containing solid solution (Lu 1 m x Y x AlO 3 -Ce, LuYAP), which will be used in Positron Emission Tomographs (PET). Both characteristics strongly depend on the optical quality and cerium concentration introduced into the crystal. Factors governing the crystal quality are commented on. A clear improvement of scintillation properties with increasing the doping concentration is demonstrated in a series of LuYAP (Lu=80 v at.%) crystals scanning the concentration range from 0.1 to 0.4 v at.%. Testing of relations is performed between the crystal doping level and low-temperature thermoluminescence spectra, as well as between the doping level and absorption spectra in UV range.
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