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Beta-Ga2O3:Ce semiconductor as a new scintillator - investigation of spectroscopic and scintillation properties

2016/23/G/ST5/04048

Keywords:

β-Ga2O3 transparent semiconducting oxide scintillator radioluminescence cerium

Descriptors:

  • ST5_8: Metals, alloys

Panel:

ST5 - Materials: materials synthesis, structure-properties relations, advanced and functional materials with designed properties, (macro)molecular architecture, material engineering

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej

woj. kujawsko-pomorskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Winicjusz Drozdowski 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 4

Call: BEETHOVEN 2 - announced on 2016-09-15

Amount awarded: 682 252 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2017-11-10

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2022-11-09

Project duration:: 60 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Wzmacniacz spektroskopowy Caen N968 (14 883 PLN)
  2. Fotopowielacz z dzielnikiem napięcia i obudową (5 185 PLN)
  3. Przewód wysokonapięciowy do generatora rtg (16 376 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (11)
  1. Heading for Brighter and Faster β-Ga2O3 Scintillator Crystals
    Authors:
    W. Drozdowski, M. Makowski, A. Bachiri, M.E. Witkowski, A.J. Wojtowicz, R. Schewski, K. Irmscher, Z. Galazka
    Academic press:
    Optical Materials: X (rok: 2022, tom: 15, strony: 100157/1-5), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.omx.2022.100157 - link to the publication
  2. Low Temperature Thermoluminescence of β-Ga2O3 Scintillator
    Authors:
    M.E. Witkowski, K.J. Drozdowski, M. Makowski, W. Drozdowski, A.J. Wojtowicz, K. Irmscher, R. Schewski, Z. Galazka
    Academic press:
    Optical Materials: X (rok: 2022, tom: 16, strony: 100210/1-5), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.omx.2022.100210 - link to the publication
  3. Bulk Single Crystals of β-Ga2O3 and Ga-Based Spinels as Ultra-Wide Bandgap Transparent Semiconducting Oxides
    Authors:
    Z. Galazka, S. Ganschow, K. Irmscher, D. Klimm, M. Albrecht, R. Schewski, M. Pietsch, T. Schulz, A. Dittmar, A. Kwasniewski, R. Grueneberg, S.B. Anooz, A. Popp, U. Juda, I.M. Hanke, T. Schroeder, M. Bickermann
    Academic press:
    Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials (rok: 2021, tom: 67, strony: 100511/1-10), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2020.100511 - link to the publication
  4. Bulk β-Ga2O3 Single Crystals Doped with Ce, Ce+Si, Ce+Al, and Ce+Al+Si for Detection of Nuclear Radiation
    Authors:
    Z. Galazka, R. Schewski, K. Irmscher, W. Drozdowski, M.E. Witkowski, M. Makowski, A. Wojtowicz, I.M. Hanke, M. Pietsch, T. Schulz, D. Klimm, S. Ganschow, A. Dittmar, A. Fiedler, T. Schroeder, M. Bickermann
    Academic press:
    Journal of Alloys and Compounds (rok: 2020, tom: 818, strony: 152842/1-7), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.152842 - link to the publication
  5. Semiconductor Scintillator Development: Pure and Doped β-Ga2O3
    Authors:
    W. Drozdowski, M. Makowski, M.E. Witkowski, A. Wojtowicz, R. Schewski, K. Irmscher, Z. Galazka
    Academic press:
    Optical Materials (rok: 2020, tom: 105, strony: 109856/1-6), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.optmat.2020.109856 - link to the publication
  6. β-Ga2O3:Ce as a Fast Scintillator: an Unclear Role of Cerium
    Authors:
    W. Drozdowski, M. Makowski, M.E. Witkowski, A. Wojtowicz, Z. Galazka, K. Irmscher, R. Schewski
    Academic press:
    Radiation Measurements (rok: 2019, tom: 121, strony: 49-53), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.12.009 - link to the publication
  7. Growth of Bulk β-Ga2O3 Single Crystals by the Czochralski Method
    Authors:
    Z. Galazka
    Academic press:
    Journal of Applied Physics (rok: 2022, tom: 131, strony: 031103/1-22), Wydawca: AIP Publishing LLC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1063/5.0076962 - link to the publication
  8. Recent Progress in the Development of β-Ga2O3 Scintillator Crystals Grown by the Czochralski Method
    Authors:
    W. Drozdowski, M. Makowski, M.E. Witkowski, A.J. Wojtowicz, K. Irmscher, R. Schewski, Z. Galazka
    Academic press:
    Optical Materials Express (rok: 2021, tom: 11, strony: 2488-2494), Wydawca: The Optical Society (OSA)
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1364/OME.431340 - link to the publication
  9. Assessment of the Scintillation Properties of MgGa2O4 and ZnGa2O4 Single Crystals
    Authors:
    A. Bachiri, M. Makowski, M.E. Witkowski, W. Drozdowski, Z. Galazka
    Academic press:
    Optical Materials Express (rok: 2023, tom: 13, strony: 1345-1352), Wydawca: The Optical Society (OSA)
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1364/OME.489134 - link to the publication
  10. Tailoring the Scintillation Properties of β-Ga2O3 by Doping with Ce and Codoping with Si
    Authors:
    M. Makowski, W. Drozdowski, M.E. Witkowski, A.J. Wojtowicz, K. Irmscher, R. Schewski, Z. Galazka
    Academic press:
    Optical Materials Express (rok: 2019, tom: 9, strony: 3738-3743), Wydawca: The Optical Society (OSA)
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1364/OME.9.003738 - link to the publication
  11. Scintillation and Radioluminescence Mechanism in β-Ga2O3 Semiconducting Single Crystals
    Authors:
    A.J. Wojtowicz, M.E. Witkowski, W. Drozdowski, M. Makowski, Z. Galazka
    Academic press:
    Heliyon (rok: 2023, tom: (under revision), strony: -), Wydawca: Cell Press
    Status:
    Submitted