Optical and Scintillation Properties of Eu-Doped Calcium Orthoborate

Single Crystals of Eu-Doped Calcium Orthoborate Have Been Grown by Micro-Pulling (μ-PD) Technique with Radio Frequency Heating System, and its Transmittance, Photoluminescence and Radiation Responses Were Investigated. In Transmittance Spectra, Eu-Doped Crystal Showed Broad Absorption Band around 200-450 nm, which Is due to the Complex of Charge Transfer (CT) Transition and 4f-4f Transition of Eu3+. Intense Eu2+5f-4f and Eu3+4f-4f Emission Peaks Were Observed when Excited to 265 nm and 385 nm, and the Calculated Decay Times Were 230 ns and 1.5 ms, Respectively.241Am 5.5 Mev α-Ray Excited Radioluminescence Spectra Indicated both Eu2+5f-4f and EuSuperscript text3+ 4f-4f Emission Peaks.