DOI: 10.1039/d6tc02350a ISSN: 2050-7526

Cr 3+ -doped GSGG garnet crystals as high-performance near-infrared scintillators for X-ray imaging

Shuai Li, Chenyu Tao, Yanqing Wang, Xin Sheng, Jiawen Xiao, Zeliang Gao, Yang Li

Cr 3+ -doped GSGG garnet crystal was grown by Czochralski method. It shows bright near-infrared scintillation with 22 850 ph MeV −1 light yield and 16 lp mm −1 resolution, demonstrating great potential for Si-detector-coupled X-ray imaging.