YAG(Ce) Scintillator

YAG(Ce) - Yttrium Aluminum Garnet doped with Cerium – (chemical formula Y3Al5O12(Ce)) is a non-hygroscopic, chemically inert inorganic scintillator. The wavelength of the maximum emission at 550nm is well matched to CCD sensititivty. YAG(Ce) is a reasonably fast scintillator with a relative light yield of 21% of NaI(Tl).

YAG (Ce) scintillator offers imaging solutions in Scanning & Transmission Electron Microscopes (SEM / TEM) and more recently for high resolution x-ray imaging on experiments at the new generation of synchrotrons.

Features & Benefits

• High electron conversion efficiency
• Good resolution
• Light yield increases linearly with the total energy of the electron beam
• Good thermal conductivity

Specification Comparison

Figure 1. 57Co Spectrum

Figure 2. 137Cs Conversion electron spectrum

Figure 3. Temperature response of YAG (Data compiled by Dr. Csaba Rozsa)

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