- Title
- Relative features of the principal and secondary luminescence lifetimes in quartz
- Creator
- Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Creator
- Ogundare, F O
- Date Issued
- 2017
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/125821
- Identifier
- vital:35820
- Identifier
- https://doi.10.1002/pssc.200673721
- Description
- Quartz is a common natural mineral with properties that make it amenable for application in radiation dosimetry using luminescence methods [1]. The luminescence properties of quartz including its sensitivity and luminescence lifetimes undergo notable changes when the quartz is annealed, and in particular, near its phase inversion temperatures of 573 and 867 oC [2, 3]. The physical processes leading up to the emission of luminescence in quartz may be investigated using time-resolved optical stimulation. The aim of this method is to separate in time the stimulation and emission of luminescence to enable measurement of time-resolved luminescence spectra which may be resolved into associated lifetimes, defined in this sense as the delay between stimulation and emission of luminescence [4, 5]. A number of such studies show that annealing defines the detailed distribution of lifetimes with measurement temperature as well as the irradiation-dependent characteristics of the lifetimes [3, 6]. In particular, it was noted [3] that spectra measured at certain temperatures could be accurately resolved into more than one component, a scenario that pointed to the possibility of involvement of multiple luminescence centers in the emission of luminescence from quartz. The aim of this work is to build on the findings described, specifically to study the influence of measurement temperature and irradiation on the principal and subsidiary luminescence lifetimes in natural quartz.
- Format
- 4 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- physica status solidi
- Relation
- Chithambo, M.L. and Ogundare, F.O., 2007. Relative features of the principal and secondary luminescence lifetimes in quartz. physica status solidi c, 4(3), pp.914-917
- Relation
- physica status solidi volume 4 number 3 914 917 2017 1862-6351
- Rights
- physica status solidi
- Rights
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