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新型闪烁晶体Gd3(Al,Ga)5O12:Ce (GAGG:Ce)在制备过程中易出现包裹体及反格位缺陷等问题, 严重影响晶体的性能. 为了抑制这些缺陷以得到大尺寸高质量的GAGG:Ce晶体, 本文以Gd3(Al,Ga)5O12为基质、Ce3+为掺杂离子, 采用提拉法生长得到了GAGG:Ce晶体, 并对不同晶体部位的物相结构、微区成分、透光性质、发光及时间性能进行了测试和对比分析. 结果表明, GAGG:Ce晶体的透过谱中存在340和440 nm两处Ce3+特征吸收带, 且位于550 nm处的直线透过率为82%. 晶体尾部因杂相包裹体等宏观缺陷的影响, 导致其透过率下降至70%左右. 微区成分分析进一步表明GAGG:Ce晶体中存在三种类型的包裹体, 分别为富Gd相、富Ce相及(Al,Ga)2O3相. GAGG:Ce晶体的X射线激发发射谱中在550 nm附近存在Ce3+宽发射带, 且380 nm处还存在GdAl/Ga反格位缺陷引起的发射. 晶体中存在的杂相包裹体及GdAl/Ga反格位缺陷等因素导致Ce3+在GAGG基质的发光强度下降12.5%; GdAl/Ga反格位离子与近邻Ce的隧穿效应使得GAGG:Ce晶体的衰减时间由117.7 ns延长至121.9 ns, 且慢分量比例由16%增加至17.2%.There are many problems during the preparation of the scintillation crystal Gd3(Al,Ga)5O12:Ce (abbreviated as GAGG:Ce), such as inclusions and antisite-defect. In order to inhibit these defects and obtain large-size and high-quality GAGG:Ce crystal, this study uses Gd3(Al,Ga)5O12 as the matrix and Ce3+ as the doping ions to grow the GAGG:Ce crystal by the Czochralski method. The phase structure, micro-region composition, optical and scintillation properties of GAGG:Ce are tested and compared. It is found that tipical Ce3+ absorption bands are at 340 nm and 440 nm, and the linear transmittance at 550 nm is 82%. The transmittance of the crystal tail drops to about 70% due to the macroscopic defects such as inclusions. The micro-region composition analysis shows that the three types of inclusions in GAGG:Ce crystal are Gd-rich phase, Ce-rich phase, and (Al,Ga)2O3 phase. The Ce3+ ion emission wavelength of GAGG:Ce crystal is about 550 nm excited by the X-ray, and there is also an emission wavelength caused by the GdAl/Ga antisite-defect at 380 nm. The emission intensity of GdAl/Ga antisite-defect in the lack of (Al,Ga) component is higher than that in the excess (Al,Ga) component. The inclusions and GdAl/Ga antisite-defect make the luminous efficiency of GAGG:Ce crystal decrease by 12.5% and the corresponding light yield decreases from 58500 to 52000 photon/MeV. The tunneling effect between GdAl/Ga antisite-defect ions and neighboring Ce3+ ions makes the decay time of the GAGG:Ce crystal extend from 117.7 to 121.9 ns, and the ratio of slow component increases from 16% to 17.2%. The migration of energy along the Gd3+ sublattice makes the rise time of the GAGG:Ce crystal extend from 8.6 to 10.7 ns. The above conclusions further deepen the understanding of the source of inclusions and the relationship between the GdAl/Ga antisite-defect and crystal composition, and provide a theoretical basis for restraining the defects and improving the crystal properties.
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Keywords:
- GAGG:Ce /
- light yield /
- energy resolution /
- decay time /
- antisite-defect /
- inclusions
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图 3 GAGG:Ce晶体的能级结构图(a)与透过谱(b)
Fig. 3. Energy diagram (a) and transmittance (b) of GAGG:Ce crystal sample.
图 4 GAGG:Ce晶体微区形貌分析 (a) 片状包裹体; (b) 黑白相间状包裹体
Fig. 4. Micro-region morphology analysis of GAGG:Ce crystal: (a) Lamellar inclusions; (b) black and white interphase inclusions.
图 5 GAGG:Ce晶体的X射线激发发射谱(a)和积分强度(b)
Fig. 5. X-ray excited spectra (a) and integrated intensity (b) of GAGG:Ce crystal.
图 6 室温下GAGG:Ce样品在137Cs源激发下的多道能谱(HV, 高压)
Fig. 6. Multi-channel energy spectra of GAGG:Ce crystal excited by 137Cs (HV, high voltage)
图 7 不同基质成分的GAGG:Ce晶体能级示意图
Fig. 7. Schematic energy level diagrams of GAGG:Ce crystal with different matrix components.
图 8 GAGG:Ce晶体归一化后的光产额与成形时间相关性. 以0.75 μs为标准, 实线为模型拟合曲线
Fig. 8. Light yield dependence on amplifier shaping time normalized at 0.75 μs for GAGG:Ce crystal, where solid lines are the fitting curve.
表 1 GAGG:Ce晶体的EDS成分分析
Table 1. Composition analysis data by EDS of GAGG:Ce crystal.
Sample Gd Al Ga Al + Ga ion ratio 1 3.034 2.274 2.692 4.966 2 2.985 2.213 2.802 5.015 Theoretical value 3 2.3 2.7 5 
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表 2 GAGG:Ce晶体的晶胞参数
Table 2. Lattice parameters of GAGG:Ce crystal at different positions.
Sample 1 2 Diffractive angle (2θ)/(°) 32.8 32.73 Lattice parameters/nm 12.2492 12.2516
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表 3 GAGG:Ce晶体的EDS能谱微区成分分析数据
Table 3. Micro-region composition analysis data by EDS of GAGG:Ce crystal.
取样点 Gd Ce Al Ga Al + Ga O (Gd + Ce)∶(Al + Ga)∶O Atomic percentage 离子数之比 1 17.61 — 10.33 12.06 22.39 60 3.5∶4.5∶12 2 14.97 — 11.11 13.92 25.03 60 3∶5∶12 3 3.71 20.57 4.45 11.26 15.71 60 4.9∶3.1∶12 4 1.19 — 17.9 20.91 38.81 60 0.06∶2∶3 5 15.06 — 10.63 14.31 24.94 60 3∶5∶12
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[1] 何伟, 张约品, 王金浩, 王实现, 夏海平 2011 60 042901
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He W, Zhang Y P, Wang J H, Wang S X, Xia H P 2011 Acta Phys. Sin. 60 042901
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Meng M, Qi Q, Ding D Z, He C J, Shi J J, Ren G H 2019 J. Synth. Cryst. 48 8
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