Ce: YAP crystal (Chemical formula Ce: YAlO3, also known as cerium-doped yttrium aluminate crystal) is a scintillation crystal with excellent comprehensive performance, which is widely used in the field of scientific research and industrial high-energy ray detection. The absorption peak and excitation peak of YAP crystal are mainly concentrated in 230-300nm, and the emission wavelength is in the range of 350-390nm, which matches well with the receiving sensitive wavelength range of photomultiplier tube (PMT) and silicon photodiode (PD).
Ce: YAP shows stable physical and chemical properties, high thermal conductivity, and resistance to harsh operating environments. It exhibits excellent scintillating performance, for example, high scintillating efficiency, high light yield, and fast decay time (about 27ns). Ce: YAP crystals are widely used in photomultiplier tubes, photoelectric counters, scintillation screens, and other devices to realize the detection of high-energy particles, such as α particles, β rays, γ rays, extreme ultraviolet rays, etc. Because of the excellent scintillation performance of Ce: YAP crystal, it is widely used in CT, scanning electron microscope SEM, and other equipment. In particular, it has a strong ability to stop charged particles; it has high detection efficiency for gamma rays but is relatively insensitive to neutrons. So it can be used for the resolution and measurement of gamma rays in the neutron-gamma mixed radiation field. For the 137Cs-γ rays radiation source, it shows excellent energy resolution which reached 5.7% (one of the best measured with a scintillation detector), and for 60Co-γ rays radiation source with a threshold of 1MeV, it shows excellent time resolution with reached 160ps.
Parameter
Material Features
| Chemical formula | Ce: YAP |
| Density (g/cm3) | 5.37 |
| Melting point (℃) | 1875 |
| Hardness (Mho) | 8.5 |
| Hygroscopic | No |
| Cleavage | No |
| Solubility (g/100gH2O) | N/A |
| Thermal expansion coeff (C-1) | (4-11)*10-6 |
Scintillator Properties
| Wavelength(Max. emission) (nm) | 370 |
| Wavelength range (nm) | 325-425 |
| Decay time (ns) | 28 |
| Light yield (photons/keV) | 25 |
| Light output relative to Nal(Tl) (%) | 60-70 |
| Refractive index | 1.95@370nm |
| Radiation length (cm) | 2.7 |
| Optical transmission (um) | TBA |
| Transmittance (%) | TBA |
| Reflection loss/surface (%) | TBA |
| Energy resolution (%) | ≤ 5 |
| Neutron Capture Cross-section (barns) | TBA |
| Afterglow (%) | <0.005 @ 6ms |
Spertrum
Feature
- Not sensitive to neutrons
- Stable physical and chemical properties
- High γ-ray detection efficiency
- Fast decay time (about 27ns)
- High light yield
- High sensitivity and high resolution
- Excellent scintillating efficiency
Application
- X-ray, β-ray detection
- 137Cs-γ rays
- 60Co-γ rays
- Photoelectric counter
- Flashing screen
- PET
- scintillator screens
