Preparation and properties of scintillating glass doped with organic activators

Abstract

A series of scintillating glasses were developed by doping organic activators into low melting temperature glasses according to different ratios. The fluorescence spectra and the transmission spectra of some scintillating glasses were explored and the actual concentration organic in scintillating glass was estimated. The results show that it is feasible to prepare the scintillating glass by doing organic scintillating activators into the low-melting glasses. There are two main reasons for the weak optical properties of the scintillation glasses: one is that the actual concentration of organic activators doped in the glasses is very low, and the other is the existence of lots of defects formed in the scintillating glasses due to the evaporation of organic activator, lowering the transmission of glasses. The fluorescence emission peaks of the glasses move to a longer wavelength compared with those in organic matrixes. To increase the light output of the glass, the optical transmittance of the glasses must be improved and the concentration of activators in the glasses must be increased.