Custom-designed scintillator for laser fusion diagnostics - Pr 3+-doped fluoro-phosphate lithium glass scintillator

Yasunobu Arikawa, Kohei Yamanoi, Tomoharu Nakazato, Elmer Surat Estacio, Toshihiko Shimizu, Nobuhiko Sarukura, Mitsuo Nakai, Takayoshi Norimatsu, Youichirou Hironaka, Hiroshi Azechi, Takahiro Murata, Shigeru Fujino, Hideki Yoshida, Kei Kamada, Yoshiyuki Usuki, Toshihisa Suyama, Akira Yoshikawa, Nakahiro Satoh, Hirohumi Kan

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    Abstract

    A novel custom-developed scintillator for laser fusion diagnostics is reported. With the aim of diagnosing scattered neutrons from the imploded high-density fusion plasma, a fast response lithium-6 glass scintillator has been developed. Praseodymium, instead of the more widely-used cerium was chosen as the dopant. Sufficiently fast luminescence lifetime for scattered neutron diagnostics (<20 ns) was experimentally observed, and the feasibility was successfully shown in laser-fusion experiments at the GEKKO XII facility of the Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1393-1396
    Number of pages4
    JournalOptical Materials
    Volume32
    Issue number10
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Aug 2010

    All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

    • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
    • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    • Spectroscopy
    • Inorganic Chemistry
    • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
    • Organic Chemistry

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