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Gamma luminescence of Pr3+- and Ce3+-doped yttrium aluminum garnet crystals

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We have studied the gamma luminescence of undoped and Pr3+- or Ce3+-doped Y3Al5O12 crystals gamma-irradiated at 77 and 300 K. The results demonstrate that, depending on temperature, three excitonassisted activator luminescence excitation mechanisms are possible in YAG crystals.

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  1. Institute of Nuclear Physics, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, Ulugbek, Tashkent, 100214, Uzbekistan

    A. Kh. Islamov, I. Nuritdinov, I. A. Khayitov, I. A. Khayitboev, B. S. Fayzullaev & Z. U. Esanov

  2. Navoi State University, Universitetskii bul’v. 15, Samarkand, 140104, Uzbekistan

    A. A. Eshbekov

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Original Russian Text © A.Kh. Islamov, I. Nuritdinov, I.A. Khayitov, I.A. Khayitboev, B.S. Fayzullaev, Z.U. Esanov, A.A. Eshbekov, 2016, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2016, Vol. 52, No. 5, pp. 537–541.

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Islamov, A.K., Nuritdinov, I., Khayitov, I.A. et al. Gamma luminescence of Pr3+- and Ce3+-doped yttrium aluminum garnet crystals. Inorg Mater 52, 490–494 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S002016851605006X

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