利用改进的晶体生长设备和工艺提高了PbWO4闪烁晶体的光产额。 通过对生长获得的PbWO4、 退火PbWO4和BaF2∶PbWO4晶体的透过光谱， 衰减时间和光产额等闪烁性质的研究， 发现晶体退火和掺杂技术特别是阴离子掺杂技术能够显著提高晶体的闪烁发光性能。 其中晶体掺杂全面提高了晶体的透过光谱强度， 但是退火的影响较复杂。 高温退火改善了PbWO4晶体在360　nm以上波段的透过光谱的透过率， 但是在320～360　nm波段其透过率反而降低。 这些现象与晶体中缺陷在可见光波段产生的特征吸收有关。 晶体的良好退火和掺杂提高了晶体的光产额， 其中BaF2∶PbWO4掺杂晶体室温闪烁发光强度达到65 p.e.·(MeV)-1， 接近PET的使用要求。 这种提高与晶体F－离子掺杂引发晶体［WO4］2－四面体基团畸变有关， F－离子进入该四面体产生了新的发光中心。

The light yield of the as-grown PbWO4, annealed PbWO4 and BaF2∶PbWO4 crystals were raised by utilizing our improved crystal growth instrument and technique. Their scintillating properties including transmittance, decay time and light yield were studied. Results reveal that the scintillating performances of the crystals were improved evidently by using the crystal annealing technique and the ions doping technique, especially the negative ions doping technique. The influence results of the two techniques are different. The ions doping technique raises their transmittance intensity in the whole measuring wavelength range. But the influence of annealing PbWO4 crystal on their transmittance is complicated. It improves its transmittance intensity at the wavelength above 360 nm, but weakens the transmittance intensity of the annealed PbWO4 crystal in the wavelength range from 320 to 360 nm. These phenomena should be related to the crystal defects which have absorption peaks in this wavelength range, especially for V3+Pb defect which has characterized absorption peaks in this wavelength range. Also, the absorption of the defects influences the character of the decay time of these crystals. The big defect concentration relates to the short decay time. It should be mentioned that the ions doping technique reduces the defect content in the crystal, which is beneficial to the high transmittance intensity but induces slightly longer decay time than that of as-grown crystal and well annealed PbWO4 crystal. Also, the ions doping technique of the F- ion doped crystal leads to high light yield. The annealing technique and ions doping technique improve the light yield of crystals. The light yield of BaF2∶PbWO4 reaches 65 p.e./MeV, which is near to the requirement of PET. The good result is related to the degeneration of the ［WO4］2- tetrahedron induced by the F- occupying the O2- site in the crystal cell.