Chromium ion incorporation in the crystal structure of BGO

Comprehensive investigations have been performed by EPR and optical spectroscopy for Bi₃GeO₄ crystals doped with chromium ions. It is demonstrated that the known optical absorption spectrum for chromium ions, specifically, the triplet in the region 600–900 nm has an analog in the EPR spectra — the center with electron spin S = 1. The spectrum is described by the spin-Hamiltonian with the parameters D = 550 G, E = 10 G, g _xx = g _yy = 1.915, g _zz = 1.932. The EPR spectrum is dictated by Cr⁴⁺ incorporation at the germanium sites. Luminescence observed in the region 1.2–1.7 μm is also caused by transitions of Cr⁴⁺ with tetrahedral surroundings to germanium sites. Original Russian Text Copyright ? 2005 N. V. Chernei, V. A. Nadolinnyi, N. V. Ivannikova, V. A. Gusev, I. N. Kupriyanov, V. N. Shlegel, and Ya. V. Vasiliev __________ Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 444–450, May–June, 2005.     

LD泵浦Nd：BGO晶体的自调Q激光器

首次实现了ＬＫ泵浦Ｎｄ∶ＢＧＯ固体激光器的１．０６４μｍ的激光输出，泵浦阈值功率为２５ｍＷ，在连续运转状态下得到最大为４０ｍＷ的ＴＥＭ００模输出，光－光效率为１３．３％，根据法拉第磁光效庆理论，了ＬＤ泵浦Ｎｄ∶ＢＧＯ自调Ｑ激光器的各种参数，并研制成该激光器，在该器件中，作为损耗调制元件的磁光调制器就是绕有线圈的Ｎｄ∶ＢＧＯ晶体本身，实验在重复率为１ＫＨｚ的条件下得到了ＦＷＨＭ为１００ｎｓ的稳定脉冲     

激光二极管列阵泵浦的Nd：BGO腔内倍频激光器稳定输出的研究

首次报道激光二极管列阵浦的Ｎｄ：ＢＧＯ腔内倍频激光器的实验研究结果。在激光谐振腔内加布儒斯特片与倍频晶体ＫＴＰ形成Ｌｏｙｔ双折射滤光片。以此进行选模，获得了３．５ｍＷ连续，稳定的单模绿光输出。     

Temperature effects on MIPs in the BGO calorimeters of DAMPE

In this paper, we present a study of temperature effects on BGO calorimeters using proton MIPs collected in the first year of operation of DAMPE. By directly comparing MIP calibration constants used by the DAMPE data production pipe line, we find an experimental relation between the temperature and signal amplitudes of each BGO bar: a general deviation of -1.162%/℃, and -0.47%/℃ to -1.60%/℃ statistically for each detector element. During 2016, DAMPE's temperature changed by ~8℃ due to solar elevation angle, and the corresponding energy scale bias is about 9%. By frequent MIP calibration operation, this kind of bias is eliminated to an acceptable value.     

Study on the temperature dependence of BGO light yield

The temperature dependence of BGO coupled with photomultiplier tube R5610A-01 was studied in the range of-30–30℃. The temperature coefficient of the BGO and R5610 A as a whole was tested to be-1.82%/℃. And the temperature coefficient of the gain of the R5610 A is-0.44%/℃ which was tested in the same situation using a blue LED. Thus the temperature coefficient of BGO's light yield can be evaluated as-1.38%/℃.     

Study of linearity for a high dynamic range calorimeter

A high dynamic range calorimeter has been designed for the DArk Matter Particles Explore(DAMPE) satellite. It consists of 308 BGO crystals, multi-dynode readout PMTs and front end electronics system. We have built on previous research to show that BGO fluorescence should not be saturated by high electron energy density under DAMPE's energy range. A BGO fluorescence simulator is set up to calibrate the energy range of the dynodes, while a cosmic-ray unit is used to calibrate 1 MIP with the ADC count in dynode 8. Linearity is achieved for the dynamic range from 0.5 MIPs to 1.26×105MIPs. The requirements of DAMPE can thus be satisfied.     

Comparison of Lu3Al5O12:Pr and Bi4Ge3O12 scintillators for gamma-ray detection

The scintillation properties of Lu₃Al₅O₁₂:Pr³⁺ (LuAG:Pr) single crystal grown by the Czochralski method with praseodymium concentration of 0.19 mol% were investigated. For a comparison, a good quality Bi₄Ge₃O₁₂ (BGO) single crystal grown by Bridgman method was also studied. The light yield and energy resolution were measured using photomultiplier tube (XP5200B PMT) readout. Moderate light yield of 15,900 photons per MeV was measured for the LuAG:Pr(0.19%) crystal. For 662 keV gamma rays (¹³⁷Cs source), an energy resolution of 6.5% obtained for LuAG:Pr(0.19%) is much better than that of 9.0% obtained for BGO. The light yield non-proportionality and energy resolution versus energy of gamma rays were measured and the intrinsic resolution of the crystals was determined after correcting the measured energy resolution for PMT statistics. The LuAG:Pr(0.19%) showed a good proportionality of the light yield within 5% over the energy range from 1274.5 keV down to 32 keV, which is much better than that of 14% for BGO. The photofraction was determined at 320 and 662 keV for both crystals and compared with the ratio of the cross-sections for the photoelectric effect to the total one calculated using WinXCOM program.     

Self-Q-switched diode-end-pumped Nd: BGO laser

Ｓｅｌｆ－Ｑ－ｓｗｉｔｃｈｅｄ ｄｉｏｄｅ－ｅｎｄ－ｐｕｍｐｅｄ Ｎｄ：ＢＧＯ ｌａｓｅｒ￥ＨＵＷｅｎｔａｏ；ＺＨＯＵＦｕｚｈｅｎｇ；ＦＡＮＤｉａｎｙｕａｎ；ＪＩＡＮＧＺｈｏｎｇｈｏｎｇ（ＳｈａｎｇｈａｉｉｎｓｔｉｔｕｆｅｏｆＯｐｔｉｃｓａｎｄＦｉｎ...     

掺钕BGO单晶的光谱研究

本文详细分析研究了掺钕BGO单晶的光谱特性.测量了Nd(3+)离子在BGO单晶中的吸收谱、荧光谱(4F3/2→4I9/2、11/2、13/2)及荧光寿命,并研究了荧光谱的温度效应.计算了跃迁几率、发射截面、分支比和Ω2、4、6等光谱参数,和YAG:Nd3+作了比较.