- Title
- Temperature-dependence of time-resolved optically stimulated luminescence and composition heterogeneity of synthetic α-Al2O3: C
- Creator
- Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Creator
- Costin, G
- Date Issued
- 2017
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/124172
- Identifier
- vital:35573
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2016.10.038
- Description
- The relationship of pulse-width, lifetime and measurement temperature in describing intensity of time-resolved luminescence optically stimulated at 470 nm from α-Al2O3:C is reported. The change of luminescence intensity with stimulation temperature is discussed in terms of the signal integrated over a complete time-resolved luminescence spectrum or in terms of ratios of the signal emitted either during or after pulsed stimulation to the total signal obtained per spectrum. The temperature-induced change in these parameters depends on whether the pulse-width is less or more than the luminescence lifetime. This is because the lifetime in α-Al2O3:C varies with measurement temperature. We have developed and applied new models to distinguish thermal assistance from different traps and to use this information as an additional means to analyse thermal quenching by using the luminescence intensity integrated from time-resolved spectra. Using a model based on use of the throughput, the activation energy for thermal assistance was determined for the shallow trap as 0.054±0.001 eV and as 0.53±0.03 eV for the main trap. The activation energy for thermal quenching was then evaluated using luminescence yield during the pulse as 1.09±0.01 eV and as 1.12±0.01 eV using the throughput after the pulse. Using the new analytical method based on integrated intensity, the activation energy for thermal quenching was found as 1.00±0.07 eV. These values are self-consistent and show that the methods for analyzing temperature-induced changes in intensity and the attendant thermal effects, such as thermal assistance can be successfully applied. We have also reported a general mathematical model that accounts for the temperature-dependence of time-resolved luminescence from α-Al2O3:C. The luminescence study was complemented by investigation of the phase and composition heterogeneity of the samples.
- Format
- 11 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Journal of Luminescence
- Relation
- Chithambo, M.L. and Costin, G., 2017. Temperature-dependence of time-resolved optically stimulated luminescence and composition heterogeneity of synthetic α-Al2O3: C. Journal of Luminescence, 182, pp.252-262.
- Relation
- Journal of Luminescence volume 182 252 262 February 2017 0022-2313
- Rights
- Elsevier
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