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S CINTILLATION LIGHT YIELD OF C e-ACTIVATED LSO, LYSO, LuAP AND LuYAP.
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SCINTILLATIONLIGHT YIELD OFCe-ACTIVATED LSO, LYSO, LuAP AND LuYAP
AUTHORS:Andrzej J. Wojtowicz and Winicjusz DrozdowskiN. Copernicus University (UMK)Research, characterization of scintillator materialsJean-Luc Lefaucheur, Zbigniew Galazka and Zhenhui GouPhotonic Materials Ltd (PML)R&D on LYSO:Ce, LuAP:Ce, LuYAP:CePML manufactures LYSO and is the only company supplying large LuAP and LuYAP crystals on commercial scale
CRYSTALS:LSO (Lu2SiO5:Ce, oxyorthosilicate)2x2x10 pixels, grown by CTI Inc, provided bydr C. Melcher, dr P. Lecoq, dr C. Kuntner, prof. S. TavernierLYSO (Lu2(1-x)Y2x SiO5:Ce, oxyorthosilicate), LuAP (LuAlO3:Ce, aluminum perovskite), LuYAP (LuxY1-xAlO3:Ce, x=0.7, aluminum perovskite)2x2x10 pixels and 5x5x1 plates grown by PML
SCINTILLATION LIGHT YIELDand ENERGY SPECTRA Incoming gamma particle may: get absorbed by giving up all its energy to a single electron (photoelectron) get scattered away by a single electron(Compton electron) and escape Energy of (photo- or Compton)electron is transformed into scintillation Scintillations differ; a plot showing number of scintillations (y axis) vs amount of light in a single scintillation(x axis) is called energy spectrum
Energy spectrum, BGO, pixel 2x2x10mm, vertically Hamamatsu R1104 950 V, Cs 137 (662 keV), spectr. ampl. gain 3, note photopeak, Compton edge, backscatter peak
Energy spectrum LSO 1050 CTI 2x2x10 mm pixel vertically Hamamatsu R2059 (1500 V) Na-22 (511 i 1274 keV) spectr. ampl. gain 3 Note: two photopeaks and two Compton edges, the third developing peak (between 800 and 1000) and edge (at 720)
Light yield measurement: standard method LSO 1050 CTI and two BGO 2x2x10 mm pixels, vertically HamamatsuR2059 (1500 V) Cs 137 (662 keV) and Na22 (511, 1274 keV)
Energy spectraBGO „old” 2x2x10 vertically Hamamatsu R2059 (1500 V)Cs137 (662 keV) spectr. ampl. gain variable Note: photopeaks shift with gain
Photopeak positions vs spectr. ampl. gain; PP vs G)BGO „old” 2x2x10 pixelR2059 1500 V, Cs 137 (662 keV)note offset y0 Photopeak position at 1 MeV:12.0/0.662 = 18.1
Energy spectraBGO „new” 2x2x10 vertically Hamamatsu R2059 (1500 V)Na 22 (511, 1274 keV) spectr. ampl. gain variable Note: photopeaks shift with gain
Photopeak positions vs spectr. ampl. gain(PP vs G)BGO „new” 2x2x10 pixelR2059 1500 VNa22 (511, 1274 keV)note offset y0
Energy spectraLSO 1050 2x2x10 vertically Hamamatsu R2059 (1500 V)Cs 137 (662 keV) spectr. ampl. gain variable
Photopeak positions (PP) vs spectr. ampl. gain (G)(PP vs G)LSO 1050 2x2x10R2059 1500 VCs 137 (662 keV) Photopeak position at 1 MeV: 96.7/0.662 = 146.1
STANDARD METHOD; summary of LSO 1050 Does it work well?What if we change the voltage? This can’t be right! LY must be constant!
Let us see if we can understand what is wrong.The signal from the PMT should look like this: S is a signal at PMT, V voltage, K number of photoelectrons at photocathode, n number of PMT stages, and α constant (assumed different in each case)
from these expressions for Ss it follows that: and now we see why the ratio of Ss for LSO and BGO depends on V; this is because alphas are different. Now, does it make sense, can they really be different? Different scintillators produce different load on photocathode distributed differently in time
SLSO and SBGO vs PMT voltage Photopeak position fits:LSO 1050 Y = X^9.39826* 2.05489E-028 662 keV BGO oldY=X^9.05*3.31 BGO new Y = X^9.16* 1.89E-028, 511 and 1274 keV
SUMMARY of results from fits: No systematic dependence on V. Fits give good averaged LY value from a number of spectra
ENERGY SPECTRA and scintillation light yield: LYSO (PML) 3h energy spectrum of LYSO 2x2x10 verticallyR2059, 1500 V, Na 22the best pixel so far Energy resolution:12.2% (511 keV)7.3% (1274 keV)
ENERGY SPECTRA and scintillation light yield: LYSO (PML) 3h energy spectrum of LYSO 2x2x10 horizontallyR2059, 1200 V, Na 22the best pixel so far Energy resolution:11.3% (511 keV)7.6% (1274 keV)6.9% (1785 keV) Note the third peak The vertical/horizontal ratio 0.61, the highest ever
ENERGY SPECTRA and scintillation light yield: LuAP (PML) LuAP plate, 5x5x1 (PML) R2059, 1500 V, spectr. ampl. gain 3, Na22 note the third peak
ENERGY SPECTRA and scintillation light yield: LuAP (PML) LuAP plate, 5x5x1 (PML) R2059, 1500 V, spectr. ampl. gain 3, Na22 note the third peak
ENERGY SPECTRA and scintillation light yield: LuAP (PML) LuAP plate, 5x5x1 (PML) R2059, 900 V, spectr. ampl. gain 300, Na22 note the third peak
ENERGY SPECTRA and scintillation light yield: LuAP (PML) LuAP plate, 5x5x1 (PML) R2059, 900 V, spectr. ampl. gain 300, Na22 note the third peak
ENERGY SPECTRA and scintillation light yield: LuAP (PML) LuAP plate, 5x5x1 (PML) R2059, 1500 and 900 V, Na22
ENERGY SPECTRA and scintillation light yield: LuYAP (PML) LuYAP plate, 5x5x1 (PML) R2059, 1500 V, spectr. ampl. gain 3, Na22
SUMMARY We have developed a new method to measure scintillation light yield of scintillator materials The method, unlike the standard method, requires that a number of spectra for different amplifier gains and PMT voltages are measured The method takes into account offset of energy spectra and unexpected voltage dependence and provides good undistorted values
The method has been used to study a representative set of LYSO, LuAP and LuYAP crystals grown by PML The LYSO developed by PML reached a mature stage; the best LYSO pixel is by 50% brighter than a good LSO pixel 1050 LuYAP and LuAP crystals developed by PML show LYs that are comparable (LuAP slightly ahead) The important source of loss of light must be some unidentified absorption centers that quench scintillation in longer samples