A high light-yield neutron scintillator based on Ce3+-doped lithium glass
Rui-Qiang Song(宋瑞强)1,3,†, Chuang Liu(刘闯)2,†, Yi-Yang Long(龙逸洋)1, Ji-Feng Han(韩纪锋)1,‡, Jing Ren(任晶)2,§, and Sen Qian(钱森)3,¶
1 Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China; 2 College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China; 3 Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Abstract The development of low-cost and highly efficient thermal neutron detection materials to substitute the rare and expensive He gas is important for applications requiring thermal neutron detection. Lithium-based glass (Li glass) is a promising candidate due to its simple fabrication process and low cost. This paper reports the optical properties and scintillation performance of a new Ce-doped Li glass, whose luminescence efficiency is significantly enhanced with a light yield of about 4770 ph/MeV, which is about 54% of that of BGO crystal, and the energy resolution is 14.5% for 662 keV gamma rays. The Ce-doped Li glass shows a high light yield of about 7058 ph/neutron, which is about 1.18 times that of the reference GS20 glass. The Ce-doped Li glass exhibits stronger gamma ray suppression capability compared to GS20 glass samples. Further optimizing the Ce concentration and Li content is expected to achieve much superior neutron detection efficiency, positioning it as a promising alternative to He gas for efficient thermal neutron detection.
Fund: Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2023YFF0721700) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 12475312).
Corresponding Authors:
Ji-Feng Han, Jing Ren, Sen Qian
E-mail: hanjf@scu.edu.cn;ren.jing@hrbeu.edu.cn;qians@ihep.ac.cn
Cite this article:
Rui-Qiang Song(宋瑞强), Chuang Liu(刘闯), Yi-Yang Long(龙逸洋), Ji-Feng Han(韩纪锋), Jing Ren(任晶), and Sen Qian(钱森) A high light-yield neutron scintillator based on Ce3+-doped lithium glass 2025 Chin. Phys. B 34 050703
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