Note: Light output enhanced fast response and low afterglow 6Li glass scintillator as potential down-scattered neutron diagnostics for inertial confinement fusion

Yasunobu Arikawa; Kohei Yamanoi; Takahiro Nagai; Kozue Watanabe; Masahiro Kouno; Kohei Sakai; Tomoharu Nakazato; Toshihiko Shimizu; Marilou Raduban Cadatal; Elmer Surat Estacio; Nobuhiko Sarukura; Mitsuo Nakai; Takayoshi Norimatsu; Hiroshi Azechi; Takahiro Murata; Shigeru Fujino; Hideki Yoshida; Nobuhiko Izumi; Nakahiro Satoh; Hirofumi Kan

doi:10.1063/1.3488460

Note: Light output enhanced fast response and low afterglow 6Li glass scintillator as potential down-scattered neutron diagnostics for inertial confinement fusion

Rev Sci Instrum. 2010 Oct;81(10):106105. doi: 10.1063/1.3488460.

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. arikawa-y@ile.osaka-u.ac.jp

PMID: 21034133
DOI: 10.1063/1.3488460

Abstract

The characteristics of an APLF80+3Ce scintillator are presented. Its sufficiently fast decay profile, low afterglow, and an improved light output compared to the recently developed APLF80+3Pr, were experimentally demonstrated. This scintillator material holds promise for applications in neutron imaging diagnostics at the energy regions of 0.27 MeV of DD fusion down-scattered neutron peak at the world's largest inertial confinement fusion facilities such as the National Ignition Facility and the Laser Mégajoule.