Scintillation Characteristics of the Single-Crystalline Film and Composite Film-Crystal Scintillators Based on the Ce3+-Doped (Lu,Gd)3(Ga,Al)5O12 Mixed Garnets under Alpha and Beta Particles, and Gamma Ray Excitations

The crystals of (Lu,Gd)(3)(Ga,Al)(5)O-12 multicomponent garnets with high density rho and effective atomic number Z(eff) are characterized by high scintillation efficiency and a light yield value up to 50,000 ph/MeV. During recent years, single-crystalline films and composite film/crystal scintillators were developed on the basis of these multicomponent garnets. These film/crystal composites are potentially applicable for particle identification by pulse shape discrimination due to the fact that alpha-particles excite only the film response, gamma-radiation excites only the substrate response, and beta-particles excite both to some extent. Here, we present new results regarding scintillating properties of selected (Lu,Gd)(3)(Ga,Al)(5)O-12:Ce single-crystalline films under excitation by alpha and beta particles and gamma ray photons. We conclude that some of studied compositions are indeed suitable for testing in the proposed application, most notably Lu1.5Gd1.5Al3Ga2O12:Ce film on the GAGG:Ce substrate, exhibiting an alpha-particle-excited light yield of 1790-2720 ph/MeV and significantly different decay curves excited by alpha- and gamma-radiation.