Abstract
(K,Rb)2CuBr3 crystals were fabricated by the slow cooling method, and their photoluminescence (PL) and scintillation properties were examined. Emission bands were observed at 350–550 nm under UV and X-ray irradiation. PL quantum yields of K2CuBr3, (K0.25,Rb0.75)2CuBr3, (K0.5,Rb0.5)2CuBr3, (K0.75,Rb0.25)2CuBr3, and Rb2CuBr3 were respectively 75.8, 71.0, 82.3, 96.9, and 96.3%. The scintillation decay curves were approximated by a sum of three exponential functions, and the decay time constants due to recombination of self-trapped excitons were 58–63 μs. The afterglow levels of the K and Rb-mixed samples at 20 ms passed after X-ray irradiation decreased to 10–40 ppm, compared with those of K2CuBr3 and Rb2CuBr3. Among these samples, (K0.75, Rb0.25)2CuBr3 showed the highest light yield of 7400 ph/MeV among the samples calculated from the pulse height spectra of 137Cs γ-rays (662 keV).
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