Published September 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

The effect of impurities on TL emission wavelengths of NaCl crystals

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Zululand, Private Bag X1001, Kwadlangezwa 3886 (South Africa)
  • 2. Science and Technology, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH (United Kingdom)
  • 3. School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050 (South Africa)
  • 4. Institute of Low Temperatures and Structure Research, PAN, 50-950 Wroclaw (Poland)

Description

We report emission spectra during thermoluminescence of NaCl crystals doped with Eu, Sr, Ca, Cr and Ni impurities. Crystals were irradiated at ambient temperature with X- or γ-rays prior to measurement. Isometric plots in the wavelength range 200-800 nm reveal only small differences in patterns of TL emission for pure samples and samples doped with Eu, Sr and Ca. However samples doped with Cr and Ni show significant variations characterized by suppressed emission between 390 nm and 520 nm. This is discussed in terms of the efficiency of colouration of the crystals and the state of aggregation of impurity-vacancy dipoles

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nimb.2006.04.137;
PII
S0168-583X(06)00624-0;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Journal Volume
250
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 354-358
ISSN
0168-583X
CODEN
NIMBEU

Conference

Title
13. international conference on radiation effects in insulators
Acronym
REI-2005
Dates
28 Aug - 2 Sep 2005
Place
Santa Fe, NM (United States)

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Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.