Red-emission phosphor’s brightness deterioration by x-ray and brightness recovery phenomenon by heating
Red-emission phosphor’s brightness deterioration by x-ray and brightness recovery phenomenon by heating
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红光荧光粉因X射线导致的亮度劣化和因加热而导致的亮度恢复现象
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10.1088/1361-6498/aa6272
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发表时间:
2017
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Zuguchi Masayuki
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作者:
Nakamura Masaaki;Chida Koichi;Inaba Yohei;Kobayashi Ryota;Zuguchi Masayuki
There are no feasible real-time and direct skin dosimeters for interventional radiology. One would be available if there were x-ray phosphors that had no brightness change caused by x-ray irradiation, but the emission of the Y 2 O 3: Eu,(Y, Gd, Eu) BO 3, and YVO 4: Eu phosphors investigated in our previous study was reduced by x-ray irradiation. We found that the brightness of those phosphors recovered, and the purpose of this study is to investigate their recovery phenomena. It is expected that more kinds of phosphors could be used in x-ray dosimeters if the brightness changes caused by x-rays are elucidated and prevented. Three kinds of phosphors—Y 2 O 3: Eu,(Y, Gd, Eu) BO 3, and YVO 4: Eu—were irradiated by x-rays (2 Gy) to reduce their brightness. After the irradiation, brightness changes occurring at room temperature and at 80 C were investigated. The irradiation reduced the brightness of all the phosphors by 5%–10%, but the brightness of each recovered immediately both at room temperature and at 80 C. The recovery at 80 C was faster than that at room temperature, and at both temperatures the recovered brightness remained at 95%–98% of the brightness before the x-ray irradiation. The brightness recovery phenomena of Y 2 O 3: Eu,(Y, Gd, Eu) BO 3, and YVO 4: Eu phosphors occurring after brightness deterioration due to x-ray irradiation were found to be more significant at 80 C than at room temperature. More kinds of phosphors could be used in x-ray scintillation dosimeters if the reasons for the brightness changes caused by x-rays were elucidated.