The Quest for the Ideal Scintillator for Hybrid Phototubes

TL;DR

This paper investigates various scintillator materials for hybrid phototubes, emphasizing the potential of fast, efficient inorganic scintillators like ZnO:Ga as ideal candidates for luminescent screens.

Contribution

It presents extensive experimental results and discusses new scintillator materials, establishing criteria and identifying ZnO:Ga as a promising option for hybrid phototube applications.

Findings

ZnO:Ga is a highly efficient, fast inorganic scintillator.

Development of hybrid phototubes with various scintillators demonstrated.

Formulated specific requirements for scintillators in hybrid phototubes.

Abstract

In this paper we present the results of extensive studies of scintillators for hybrid phototubes with luminescent screens. The results of the developments of such phototubes with a variety of scintillators are presented. New scintillator materials for such kind of application are discussed. The requirements for scintillators to use in such hybrid phototubes are formulated. It is shown that very fast and highly efficient inorganic scintillators like ZnO:Ga will be ideal scintillators for such kind of application.