Thermally Stimulated Electron–Hole and Ionic Processes in Zinc Oxide Crystals

The principal results of the investigation of thermally stimulated electron–hole and ionic processes in hydrothermal and gas-phase ZnO single crystals preexcited at low temperatures, based on simultaneous study of photo-EPR and thermoluminescence (TL), are presented. The nature of the traps determining the TL peaks at 17, 24, 40, 53, 90–110, 140–150, and 160–200 K is discussed. In particular, it has been established that the lithium paramagnetic centers (Li_Zn ⁺–O^I) play the role of hole traps in ZnO giving green and red TL in the temperature range 160–200 K and, in the case of association with small-sized donors, also TL in the temperature range 90–110 K. The other traps are electronic in character, and in the presence of acceptor lithium in the crystals, they form yellow-orange TL. Optical quenching of TL has been evaluated, and it has been found that there is a difference E 0.75 eV between the thermal and optical energies of ionization of lithium acceptors. Irreversible ionic processes associated with the healing of cationic vacancies at T 360–420 K have been revealed.     

(Zn,Cd)S：Cu,Cl发光材料的热释发光

在ZnS中分别掺杂质量分数为5%、7%、10%、15%、20%的CdS,得到一系列(Zn,Cd)S:Cu,Cl粉末电致发光材料样品。测量样品材料的热释发光曲线,发现五个样品在温度-180～-20℃范围内均有两个明显的热释发光峰。CdS含量的变化对材料中陷阱的种类和陷阱深度没有明显的影响,两个峰值温度在-150℃和-50℃附近。Cd离子的掺入改变了材料较深陷阱中载流子的浓度,随着CdS量的增加,使得在-50℃的热释发光峰的相对强度增大。通过测量样品的发光光谱和发光亮度,发现随着CdS含量的增加,样品材料的发射光谱向长波方向移动,发光亮度呈下降的趋势。     

X-Ray Luminescence of Defects in Spinel Single Crystals

The flareup of x-ray luminescence in spinel single crystals (MgAl₂O₄) depending on the time of x-ray irradiation and the decay of fluorescence depending on the time elapsed after the termination of irradiation have been investigated. These dependences were measured at different powers of the irradiation dose (power of the x-ray tube) and at different temperatures of the samples. The experimental results suggest the existence of large-size complexes of defects, which include antisite defects and impurity ions, the exchange of charge carriers between which during and after irradiation leads to luminescence of the impurity ions. Transfer of charge carriers between isolated elements of the pairs of antisite defects (not interacting with the impurity ions) leads to the formation of a competing channel of recombination luminescence in the UV region of the spectra. The decay of fluorescence attributable to transitions in the Mn²⁺ and Cr³⁺ ions depending on the time elapsed after the termination of x-ray irradiation points to the existence of various combinations of antisite defects in the surroundings of these ions.     

Luminescence Centers of Pr3+ in Gallium Sulfide Single Crystals

The luminescence and luminescence excitation spectra of GaS:Pr single crystals are investigated. It is shown that in the single crystals of gallium sulfide the luminescence centers can be at two positions. The symmetry of the environment and the structure of these centers are considered.     

热释光和光释光发光谱的测量

介绍了自行研制的计算机化热释光和光释光三维光谱测量装置的系统结构及其工作原理.在计算机的控制下,通过精密加热器或激发光源以热激发或光激发的方式使样品发光.从样品发出的光经过光路和光栅分光系统后,形成光谱,被高灵敏度的CCD采集,再将光谱图像模拟信号变为可以直接用计算机进行数据处理的数据信号.波长范围200~800nm,波长分辨率优于2nm,人机界面友好,操作方便.利用热释光和光释光三维光谱测量装置测量了SrSO₄:Eu(0.1%,摩尔分数)和CaSO₄:Eu(0.1%,摩尔分数)的光释光发光谱和热释光发光谱,得到SrSO₄:Eu的光释光发光波长与热释光发光波长均为375nm,而CaSO₄:Eu的光释光发光波长与热释光发光波长均为385nm,说明热释光和光释光具有相同的发光中心,均来自于Eu²⁺的能级跃迁.同时在CaSO₄:Eu的热释光发光谱中还观察到了Eu³⁺的发光.与二维发光曲线相比较,通过对三维热释光和光释光发光谱的研究,可以得到更丰富的信息,这有助于对热释光和光释光发光机制进行更深入的研究.     

Photoluminescence and Thermoluminescence Investigation of Europium- and Dysprosium-Doped Dibarium Magnesium Silicate Phosphor

Europium- and dysprosium-doped barium magnesium silicate powder with different concentrations of dysprosium was synthesized using solid state reactions. The prepared phosphors were characterized using photoluminescence. Prominent green color emissions were obtained under ultraviolet excitation. The thermoluminescence glow curves of the samples were measured after various delay times. With increased delay time, the intensity of the thermoluminescence peak decays, and the position of the thermoluminescence peak shifts to higher temperatures, indicating the considerable retrapping associated with general order kinetics. Refined lattice parameters of monoclinic phosphor were calculated.     

Impurity Luminescence of Alexandrite Crystals

The luminescence of alexandrite excited by a highcurrent electron beam is investigated. Its spectrum has bands of the impurity ions Cr³⁺ and of the Cr–Cr pairs and also the band at = 492–495 nm. In all of the crystals we have detected chromium ions distributed over two nonequivalent positions, differently in different crystals. It is shown that the color of the crystals and its change on illumination of the crystals with the light of different spectral composition depend mainly on the chromium ions and their distribution over crystalline positions. A noticeable effect of other impurity ions is noted for a number of crystals.     

Optically Induced Effects in the Thermoluminescence of Dosimetric Anion-Defective Corundum Crystals

This paper considers the influence of light fluxes in the 200–600-nm spectral range on the thermally stimulated luminescence (TL) of TLD-500 radiation detectors based on anion-defective corundum crystals. It has been shown that the luminescent-storing action of light in the above spectral range is due to the optical ionization of F-centers and electronic trapping centers of carriers responsible for the dosimetric peak at 450 K and TL at higher temperatures. The features of the dosimetric information distortion depending on the initial state of population of deep traps and the spectral composition and power of optical radiation are discussed.     

Effect of surface fields on luminescence of ZnS and ZnO crystals

It is shown that changes in luminescence characteristics of zinc sulfide and oxide in the presence of external effects that alter the surface charge are associated with a change in the parameters of surface barriers and can be explained within the framework of a model that takes into account separation of recombining partners in the Schottky barriers. We suggest a barrier mechanism for the effect of the surface region of a crystal on experimentally measured luminescence parameters and show that errors occuring in the measurement of these parameters can reach 10% and greater, depending on the depth of penetration of light. Moscow State University of Railways, 15 Obraztsov Str., Moscow, 103055, Russia. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 66, No. 6, pp. 804–808, November–December, 1999.     

Optical and Scintillation Properties of NaI(Tl) Crystals

Using absorption spectroscopy and luminescent methods, we have investigated qualitatively dissimilar NaI and NaI(Tl) crystals. It is established that in NaI(Tl) crystals grown under conditions of melt hydrolysis and interaction with the air components, centers of additional luminescence of nonactivation nature are formed that decrease the transparency in the activator-radiation region. Data on the hole nature of these centers are obtained. It is shown that high-temperature annealing can alter the number of centers responsible for the decrease in the transparency of the NaI(Tl) crystals.     

Thermoluminescence and optically stimulated luminescence in various phases of doped Na2SO4

The dependence of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and thermoluminescence (TL) response due to crystal phase in Cu and Cu,Mg-doped Na₂SO₄ was studied. Study shows that the slowly cooled samples which crystallize in phase V show good OSL sensitivity whereas the quenched samples of Na₂SO₄ which crystallize in phase III irrespective of doping show no OSL sensitivity. However, during storage when phase III samples get converted to phase V, samples show OSL sensitivity comparable to freshly prepared samples in phase V. Hence, it is observed that TL–OSL properties of doped Na₂SO₄ are phase dependent .This study will be helpful in developing OSL phosphors in which phase plays an important role in deciding the desired properties.     

Investigation of the mechanisms of luminescence of ZnS−Ag(Al) single crystals by the method of time-resolved spectroscopy

By the methods of amplitude and time-resolved spectroscopies the mechanisms of luminescence of ZnS−Ag(Al) single crystals differing in dislocation density are studied in pulse laser excitation. Experimental results are analyzed based on the theory of donor—acceptor pairs and the theory of centers surrounded with defect clouds. The data obtained are in agreement with the second theory. Ural State Technical University, 19 Mir Str., Ekaterinburg, 620002, Russia. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 66, No. 6, pp. 857–860, November–December, 1999.     

Stabilization of Eu2+ in KLuS2 crystalline host: an EPR and optical study

Electron paramagnetic resonance and luminescence spectroscopies were applied to study the incorporation and charge stability of Eu²⁺ luminescent ions in single crystals of KLuS₂:Eu found in an earlier optical study [Jary et al., Chem. Phys. Lett. 574 , 61 (2013)]. The location of Eu²⁺ in the structure was unambiguously determined and three different centers were identified and described. Two of these centers correspond to substitution of Eu²⁺ for K⁺ and Lu³⁺ ions providing thus effective mechanism for Eu²⁺ incorporation due to the charge self‐compensation in the lattice. The observed luminescence spectra are consistent with the results of electron paramagnetic resonance experiment and can be decomposed accordingly. (© 2014 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH &Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

含有多缺陷的一维光子晶体的完全透射及应用

计算了具有多缺陷且相对中间缺陷具有镜像对称结构的一维光子晶体的透射谱。在光子晶体的禁带中得到了多个完全透射峰且对称性地分布于禁带中心频率两侧。缺陷相距较近时，禁带中心不存在透射峰。所有透射峰都敏感地依赖于中间缺陷的折射率。     

Luminescence centers in Sc2O3

Sc₂O₃ luminescence spectra are studied. The spectra are separated into elementary bands by the Alentsev–Fock method. It is established that the luminescence spectra consist of a number of overlapping bands with maxima at 3.5; 3.05; 2.65; 2.35, and 2.05 eV. The band at 3.5 eV is interpreted as emission of self-localized excitons, and the other bands, as defect-center recombination. L’vov State University, 50, Dragomanov St., L’vov, 290005, Ukraine. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 64, No. 6, pp. 776–778, November–December, 1997.     

不同退火温度的Al_2O_3:C薄膜热释光和光释光性能

α-Al_2O_3:C晶体的热释光和光释光性能优越,但其制备要求高,需高温和高还原气氛.与α-Al_2O_3:C晶体性能接近的α-Al_2O_3:C陶瓷,热释光峰不单一.本文采用两次阳极氧化法在0.5 mol/L的草酸溶液中5℃恒温制备高度均匀有序的多孔Al_2O_3:C薄膜,主要研究不同退火温度对其热释光和光释光特性的影响.结果表明,经不同温度退火后的Al_2O_3:C薄膜均为非晶结构;不同退火温度的Al_2O_3:C薄膜热释光的主发光峰约在310℃左右,符合通用级动力学模型.600℃退火后的Al_2O_3:C薄膜热释光灵敏度最强,其热释光剂量曲线在1-10 Gy范围内具有很好的线性响应,在剂量10-120 Gy范围内出现超线性响应;在相同的辐照剂量下,随着退火温度的升高(≤600℃)光释光的初始发光强度逐渐增强.不同退火温度的Al_2O_3:C薄膜光释光衰减曲线都呈典型的指数衰减且快衰减速率相比α-Al_2O_3:C晶体显著加快.600℃退火后的Al_2O_3:C薄膜光释光灵敏度最强,其光释光剂量响应曲线在1-200 Gy整体上都具有很好的剂量线性关系.与热释光相比,Al_2O_3:C薄膜的光释光具有更宽的线性剂量响应范围.此研究为Al_2O_3:C薄膜作为光释光辐射剂量材料做出了有益的探索.     

氢化后ZnO发光性质的变化

通过低温光致发光(PL)谱研究氢化对ZnO发光性质的影响。氢通过一个直流等离子体发生装置引入到ZnO晶体。研究发现氢的引入影响了束缚激子的相对发光强度,特别是I4峰(3.363eV)的强度增加和3.366eV峰出现。比较未氢化样品,氢化样品PL谱显示不同的温度依赖。     

Optical Spectroscopy of YPO4 Single Crystals Doped with Ho3+

ABSTRACT

Crystal field absorption and emission spectra originated by ⁵I₈ ? ⁵F₅ transitions, due to Ho³⁺ (1% molar fraction) in a YPO₄ single crystal, were investigated in the 15000 to 16000 cm^?1 range. Fourier Transform high resolution absorption measurements, performed in the 9 to 300 K range, and photoluminescence, monitored at 10 K upon 540 nm excitation, supplied the sublevel separations within both ⁵I₈ and ⁵F₅ manifolds. The sublevel positions were compared to those calculated by diagonalization of the full 4f-configuration matrix in the framework of a single-ion model. The results are discussed also in relation with experimental data previously reported for similar systems containing Ho³⁺.     

着色KCl和KBr晶体色心的光谱特性及其零声子跃迁

详细研究了不同温度下着色ＫＣｌ晶体Ｒ２心和７５６．６ｎｍ零声子线以及着色ＫＢｒ晶体Ｒ２心零声子线的产生．利用恰当的热处理，可产生和增强零声子线，并给出了相应的物理解释．     

Defect Structure and EPR Parameters of the Cu2+Center in MNB Ternary Glasses

The electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) parameters (g factors g _//, g _⊥ and hyperfine structure constants A _//, A _⊥) for 15MgO-15Na₂O-69B₂O₃ (MNB):Cu²⁺ ternary glasses were calculated based on the high-order perturbation formulae of 3d⁹ ion in a tetragonal symmetry. From the calculations, the defect structures of MNB:Cu²⁺ ternary glasses were obtained and a negative sign for A _// and A_⊥ for the Cu²⁺ center is suggested in the discussion.