Ce-doped SiO2 glass as scintillating material: variation on the synthesis procedure for the improvement of material properties

Norberto Chiodini; Daniela Di Martino; Mauro Fasoli; Alessandro Lauria; Federico Moretti; Anna Vedda

doi:10.1117/12.679431

30 August 2006 Ce-doped SiO₂ glass as scintillating material: variation on the synthesis procedure for the improvement of material properties

Norberto Chiodini, Daniela Di Martino, Mauro Fasoli, Alessandro Lauria, Federico Moretti, Anna Vedda

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Proceedings Volume 6319, Hard X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Detector Physics and Penetrating Radiation Systems VIII; 631915 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.679431
Event: SPIE Optics + Photonics, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper different sol gel syntheses strategies are adopted in order to produce Ce-doped silica-glasses scintillators with improved properties. Variations on the synthesis procedure are adopted to reduce the hydroxyl content of the sol gel glass; to this purpose, a fluorine derivative of silicon alkoxide was added in the sol gel reaction. Since a drawback of Ce-doped sol gel glasses is the partial oxidation of Ce³⁺ to Ce⁴⁺ in the matrix probably occurring during the sintering procedure, both Ce-doped xerogel and fluorinated xerogel were treated under reducing atmosphere (H₂:Ar) instead of the usual oxidizing atmosphere. Glasses obtained in such ways are compared with commercial synthetic glasses and with previously produced sol gel samples by spectroscopic IR absorption measurements, and by radio-luminescence experiments.

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Norberto Chiodini, Daniela Di Martino, Mauro Fasoli, Alessandro Lauria, Federico Moretti, and Anna Vedda "Ce-doped SiO₂ glass as scintillating material: variation on the synthesis procedure for the improvement of material properties", Proc. SPIE 6319, Hard X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Detector Physics and Penetrating Radiation Systems VIII, 631915 (30 August 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.679431

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