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S&M4321 Research paper https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM5955 Published: February 6, 2026 Scintillation Properties of Y-stabilized ZrO2 Transparent Ceramic [PDF] Yusuke Endo, Kensei Ichiba, Satoshi Honjo, Daisuke Nakauchi,Takumi Kato, Noriaki Kawaguchi, and Takayuki Yanagida (Received September 29, 2025; Accepted November 7, 2025) Keywords: Y-stabilized ZrO2, single crystal, transparent ceramic, floating zone, spark plasma sintering
We evaluated the photoluminescence (PL) and scintillation properties of Y-stabilized ZrO2 (YSZ) transparent ceramic (TC) compared with those of a YSZ single crystal (SC). Each material form shows the same emission origin. Afterglow levels of the SC and TC forms are 240 and 330 ppm, respectively, which are comparable to that of Tl:CsI. Considering that TC exhibits transmittance exceeding 60% in the NIR region, YSZ TC can be expected to be applied to scintillators emitting NIR photons by doping with NIR emission centers.
Corresponding author: Yusuke Endo![]() ![]() This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Cite this article Yusuke Endo, Kensei Ichiba, Satoshi Honjo, Daisuke Nakauchi,Takumi Kato, Noriaki Kawaguchi, and Takayuki Yanagida, Scintillation Properties of Y-stabilized ZrO2 Transparent Ceramic, Sens. Mater., Vol. 38, No. 2, 2026, p. 559-564. |