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Table 1 The physical properties of typical IOSs compared with OSs BCF-10 and BCF-12 [28, 30, 34, 39,40,41,42]

From: Advances on inorganic scintillator-based optic fiber dosimeters

Scintillator

Density (g∙cm−3)

Efficiency η (%)

Light yield photons/MeV

Emission maximum (nm)

Decay time (ns)

Gd2O2S: Tb

7.3

16

60,000

540

6 × 105

Gd2O2S: Pr

7.3

15

56,000

513

~ 7 × 103

Gd2O2S: Eu

7.3

12

45,000

626

~ 106

NaI:Tl

3.67

11.3

41,000

410

230

CsI:Tl

4.51

13.7

66,000

550

800

ZnS:Ag

3.9

17–20

NA

450

~ 1000

Y2O3:Eu

5.0

10

NA

611

~106

Y2O2S:Eu

4.89

12

NA

670

6 × 105

YVO4:Eu

4.22

7

NA

625

8 × 105

Y3Al5O12:Ce

4.56

3–5

24,000

550

90–120

ZnWO4

7.62

NA

9500

490

2 × 104

BCF-10

1.05

NA

~ 8000

432

2.7

BCF-12

1.05

NA

~ 8000

435

3.2