Modulation of components toward blue light emission and scintillation properties of Eu2+ activated Sr1-xLaxMgxAl12-xO19 crystal.

The development of Eu2+-activated oxide materials with high efficiency, fast decay and narrow bandwidth emission in the visible region is still challenging for the field of luminescence and scintillation applications. Generally, Eu2+ in oxide hosts can emit intense and broad 5d-4f emission in the visible region, but efficient emitting with stable bivalence of Eu is rare in inorganic oxide system. In this work, a series of ASL:Eu2+ (Sr 1-x La x Mg x Al 12-x O 19) powder samples with various La, Mg doping ratios were designed and synthesized to modulate the UV or X-ray excited luminescence properties, including redshift, quantum yield, and decaying lifetime. Moreover, an ASL:Eu2+ crystal with the optimal ratio x = 1/3 was grown, its scintillation performance was compared with standard Bi 4 Ge 3 O 12 crystal sample and evaluated in detail. These results indicate that the ASL:Eu2+ crystal is potential scintillator as a kind of X-ray detection and provide a reference for the further development of high-performance Eu-activated oxide scintillation materials. • The La, Mg dopants in SrAl 12 O 19 host promotes the red shift of Eu2+ emission under UV excitation. • The ASL:Eu2+ shows the self-trapped excitons radiation in XEL spectra. • The light yield of the as-grown ASL:Eu2+ crystal was determine to be 111.6 p.e./MeV. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]