| abstract |
A novel stimulable phosphor having a high sensitivity to a semiconductor laser as a stimulating light is disclosed, and is represented by the formula: n{(M II X¹ 2-2u X² 2u ) 1-x-y (M I X¹ 1-v X² v ) x (M III X¹ 3-3w X² 3w ) y } 1-a A a : bEu²⁺ nwhere M II stands for at least one divalent metal selected from the group consisting of Ba, Be, Mg and Ca; M I stands for at least one monovalent metal selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb and Cs; M III stands for at least one trivalent metal selected from the group consisting of Sc, La, Y, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Al, Ga, In and Tl; X¹ stands for one element selected from the group consisting of Br andCl; X² stands for at least one halogen atom different from X¹; A stands for at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of BeO, MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, ZnO, Al₂O₃ , Y₂O₃ , La₂O₃ , In₂O₃ , Ga₂O₃ , SiO₂ , TiO₂ , ZrO₂ , GeO₂ , SnO₂ , Nb₂O₅ , Ta₂O₅ and ThO₂; 0 ≦ x+y ≦ 0.5; 0 ≦ u+v+w < 0.1; 0 ≦ a ≦ 0.1; and 0 < b ≦ 0.2. |