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F-and F+-band radioluminescence and the influence of annealing on its emission spectra in Al2O3: C, Mg:

  • Authors: Chithambo, Makaiko L , Kalita, Jitumani M , Finch, A A
  • Date: 2020
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150130 , vital:38942 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2020.106306
  • Description: Radioluminescence spectra of Al2O3:C,Mg monitored at temperatures up to 400 °C is reported. Measurements were made on samples either as received or on ones annealed at 1200 °C. Radioluminescence is observed at 410 nm for the unannealed sample but principally at 330 and 410 nm in the annealed sample with the emission at 330 nm dominant. Both bands are subject to thermal quenching but the change for the F+ band is atypical. Temperature induced effects on these and other bands are discussed, as are complementary measurements of thermoluminescence spectra.
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  • Date Issued: 2020

Temperature dependence of persistent luminescence in CaAl2O4: Eu2+, Nd3+ related to beta irradiation and optical excitation

  • Authors: Kalita, Jitumani M , Chithambo, Makaiko L
  • Date: 2019
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/105158 , vital:32470 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2018.10.062
  • Description: Mechanisms responsible for the emission of persistent luminescence in CaAl2O4:Eu2+,Nd3+ are typically studied following excitation by ultraviolet or visible light. In contrast, we have studied the persistent luminescence from this material after beta irradiation and optical excitation. These studies have been carried out at 25 °C as well as at various temperatures up to 100 °C. A thermoluminescence (TL) glow curve measured at 1 °C/s following beta irradiation showed a glow peak at 63 °C. On the other hand, a glow curve measured after 15 s of optical excitation by polychromatic white light shows a peak at 102 °C. The partial heating procedure reveals that each of the TL peaks consist of several overlapping components. The TL in each case was analysed for kinetic parameters. The initial rise analysis carried out on the rising edge of the overlapping components shows that the activation energy of the component peaks corresponding to beta irradiation is consistent at (0.59 ± 0.01) eV. In comparison, activation energies corresponding to optical excitation increases with the partial heating temperature from (0.71 ± 0.01) eV to (0.76 ± 0.01) eV. The activation energy of (0.59 ± 0.01) eV is ascribed to an oxygen vacancy whereas the range of activation energies between (0.71 ± 0.01) eV and (0.76 ± 0.01) eV is ascribed to the 4 f levels of the Nd dopant.
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  • Date Issued: 2019

The influence of dopants on thermoluminescence of Sr2MgSi2O7

  • Authors: Thomas, Sunil , Kalita, Jitumani M , Chithambo, Makaiko L , Ntwaeaborwa, Odireleng M
  • Date: 2019
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/105148 , vital:32469 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2018.12.035
  • Description: We report the influence of dopants on the thermoluminescence of Sr2MgSi2O7. Samples studied comprise undoped Sr2MgSi2O7 and doped versions, namely, Sr2MgSi2O7:Dy3+, Sr2MgSi2O7:Eu3+, Sr2MgSi2O7:Tb3+ and Sr2MgSi2O7:Tb3+,Eu3+ phosphors. All samples show a broad glow peak near 60 °C when measured at 1 °C/s after irradiation to 10 Gy. The peak changes with partial heating, irradiation and fades between irradiation and measurement in a manner expected of a composite one. The behaviour is used to exemplify the analysis of a composite peak on the basis that particular features reflect those of the dominant component.
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  • Date Issued: 2019

Thermally and optically stimulated luminescence of natural red and blue corundum (Al2O3)

  • Authors: Kalita, Jitumani M , Thomas, Sunil , Chithambo, Makaiko L
  • Date: 2019
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/105177 , vital:32472 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2018.09.058
  • Description: We report the thermoluminescence (TL) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) of natural corundum (Al2O3) of two varieties; one red and the other blue. X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy of the samples show that the concentration of Al2O3 in the red corundum is 43.05% and 46.87% in the blue corundum. TL measurements carried out on un-annealed samples and samples annealed at 700 °C, 900 °C and 1200 °C show that the TL sensitivity increases with annealing. The sensitivity of the red corundum reaches a maximum after annealing at 900 °C whereas that of the blue corundum increases with annealing up to the maximum annealing temperature of 1200 °C used in this study. Both samples have a complex glow curve between 30 °C and 500 °C. The composite nature of the glow curves is deduced to be due to a continuum in the trap distribution in the crystal. The activation energy of the traps vary between 0.70 eV and 1.15 eV. The dose response of the red corundum under TL is linear within 100‒1000 Gy whereas that of the blue corundum is superlinear for the same dose range. The TL of both samples is reproducible but the signal fades with time between irradiation and measurement. Both samples produce OSL under 470 nm blue light stimulation. The dose response of the OSL is superlinear within 100‒1000 Gy. It is found that the samples also produce thermally-assisted OSL (TA-OSL) at elevated temperature. The TA-OSL intensity of the red corundum increases with dose up to 400 Gy and saturates thereafter. On the other hand, the intensity of the blue corundum increases consistently with dose from 100 Gy to 1000 Gy.
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  • Date Issued: 2019

Optically stimulated luminescence of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene: a study of dosimetric features

  • Authors: Chithambo, Makaiko L , Kalita, Jitumani M
  • Date: 2018
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/110035 , vital:33217 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.06.006
  • Description: We report the dosimetric features of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) using luminescence optically stimulated using 470 nm blue light. Samples irradiated to between 1 and 1000 Gy produces luminescence that increases with irradiation dose to produce a linear dose response between 1 and 1000 Gy. The sample was determined not to be affected by pre-dose in tests using a pre-dose of 4000 Gy. This characteristic precludes the need for elaborate background erasing routines typical of dosimetry experiments. The signal has good reproducibility. We used this property to test recovery of ‘unknown’ doses with encouraging results. It was observed that luminescence can also be stimulated using 870 nm infrared light. The dose response, fading, pre-dose effect and the ability to optically stimulate luminescence from the polymer is discussed in terms of curing involving free-radicals.
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  • Date Issued: 2018

Phototransferred thermoluminescence and thermally-assisted optically stimulated luminescence dosimetry using α-Al2O3:C,Mg annealed at 1200°C

  • Authors: Kalita, Jitumani M , Chithambo, Makaiko L
  • Date: 2018
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/105422 , vital:32511 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2018.08.085
  • Description: We report phototransferred thermoluminescence (PTTL) and thermally-assisted optically stimulated luminescence (TA-OSL) of α-Al2O3:C,Mg annealed at 1200 °C. PTTL is TL measured from an irradiated phosphor after its exposure to light. The other theme of this study, TA-OSL is the additional amount of luminescence optically stimulated from a sample over and above the amount that would be measured at room temperature. A sample irradiated to 10 Gy and preheated to 230 °C at 1 °C/s followed by illumination by 470 nm blue light produced four PTTL peaks at 53, 80, 102 and 173 °C. The PTTL peaks occur at the same positions as the corresponding conventional TL peaks. Their kinetic parameters are also similar. The intensity of the PTTL peaks increased with duration of illumination to a maximum within 200 s for doses between 1 Gy and 10 Gy. The dose response of each of the PTTL peaks at 80, 102 and 173 °C is linear within 1–15 Gy. The rate of fading is low and the peaks are reproducible. When the irradiated sample is optically stimulated at temperatures between 30 °C and 300 °C, after preheating to 500 °C, the intensity of its TA-OSL goes through a peak with temperature at 200 °C. Using the rising edge of the plot, activation energy of thermal assistance for a deep electron trap was estimated as (0.21 ± 0.02) eV. The TA-OSL dose response is sublinear from 10–250 Gy and saturates thereafter. The PTTL and TA-OSL analyses signify that the concentration of deep traps in α-Al2O3:C,Mg increased after annealing at 1200 °C. As a result, the sample produced better PTTL and TA-OSL response than when annealed at lower temperature.
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  • Date Issued: 2018

Phototransferred thermoluminescence of synthetic quartz: analysis of illumination-time response curves

  • Authors: Chithambo, Makaiko L , Niyonzima, P , Kalita, Jitumani M
  • Date: 2018
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/111020 , vital:33364 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2018.02.029
  • Description: Phototransferred thermoluminescence (PTTL) induced in synthetic quartz by 470 nm blue light is reported. The glow curve measured at 5 °C/s up to 500 °C after irradiation to 100 Gy shows six peaks at 94, 116, 175, 212, 280 and 348 °C labelled I through VI and another one at 80 °C (labelled A1). PTTL is only observed for peaks A1 and I and is induced at peak A1 as long as peak III has been removed by preheating and at peak I after preheating to deplete peak VI. The inducement of PTTL even when all peaks have been removed points to deep electron traps in the quartz also acting as donors in addition to the putative ones below 500 °C. The PTTL intensity as a function of duration of illumination for A1 goes through a peak and decreases monotonically or to a stable value depending on the preheating temperature. The change of PTTL intensity as a function of illumination time is described using a set of coupled linear differential equations. The number of acceptors and donors in a particular system described in this way is influenced by the preheating temperature.
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  • Date Issued: 2018

The effect of annealing and beta irradiation on thermoluminescence spectra of α-Al2O3: C, Mg

  • Authors: Kalita, Jitumani M , Chithambo, Makaiko L
  • Date: 2018
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/112875 , vital:33669 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2017.12.036
  • Description: The effect of annealing on thermoluminescence spectra of beta irradiated α-Al2O3:C,Mg has been studied. Measurements were made on an un-annealed sample and samples annealed at 600, 700 and 900 °C. A glow curve measured at 1 °C/s from samples irradiated to 1 Gy shows a high intensity peak at 163 °C and six secondary peaks of weaker intensity at 43, 73, 195, 280, 329 and 370 °C. When the samples are annealed at 700 or 900 °C, an additional secondary peak appears at 100 °C. The thermoluminescence spectrum of an un-annealed sample measured at 1 °C/s between 300 and 700 nm shows the main emission band at ~ 410 nm and subsidiary emission bands at ~ 325 and 485 nm. The emission from samples annealed at 700 and 900 °C show similar bands except for a decrease in intensity of the emission at 485 nm. The emission bands at 325, 410 and 485 nm are attributed to F+, F and F22+(2Mg) -centres respectively. The decrease of the emission band at 485 nm is deduced to be due to the destruction of the F22+(2Mg) centre at 700 °C. The emission bands are unaffected by irradiation dose between 10 and 320 Gy. However, when the sample is annealed at or beyond 700 °C, any effects on the F+ and F centres emission can be easier distinguished particularly for doses greater than 10 Gy.
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  • Date Issued: 2018

The effect of pre-dose on thermally and optically stimulated luminescence from α-Al2O3C, Mg and α-Al2O3: C

  • Authors: Kalita, Jitumani M , Chithambo, Makaiko L
  • Date: 2018
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/111011 , vital:33363 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2018.06.012
  • Description: We report the effect of pre-dose on the thermoluminescence (TL) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dose response of α-Al2O3:C,Mg and α-Al2O3:C. Before any luminescence measurement, the samples were irradiated with different doses, namely 100, 500 and 1000 Gy to populate the deep electron traps. This is the pre-dose. The results from TL and OSL studies are compared with results from samples used without any pre-measurement dose. The TL glow curves and OSL decay curves of α-Al2O3:C,Mg recorded after pre-doses of 100, 500 and 1000 Gy are identical to those from a sample used without any pre-dose. Further, the TL and OSL dose response of all α-Al2O3:C,Mg samples are similar regardless of pre-dose. In comparison, the TL glow curves and OSL decay curves of α-Al2O3:C are influenced by pre-dose. We conclude that the differences in the TL and OSL dose response of various pre-dosed samples of α-Al2O3:C are due to the concentration of charge in the deep traps. On the other hand, owing to the lower concentration of such deep traps in α-Al2O3:C,Mg, the TL or OSL dose responses are not affected by pre-dose in this material.
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  • Date Issued: 2018

Thermoluminescence of α-Al2O3: C, Mg annealed at 1200° C

  • Authors: Kalita, Jitumani M , Chithambo, Makaiko L
  • Date: 2018
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/111030 , vital:33365 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2018.03.003
  • Description: Stimulated luminescence in α-Al2O3:C,Mg has thus far been studied for samples annealed at temperature no higher than 900 °C as can be seen by an examination of the literature. We report the thermoluminescence (TL) features of α-Al2O3:C,Mg annealed at 1200 °C. A glow curve measured at 1 °C/s from the samples annealed at 1200 °C shows eight peaks at 54, 80, 102, 173, 238, 290, 330 and 387 °C. Kinetic analyses show that the peak at 54 °C follows general order kinetics (b = 1.3) whereas the rest follow first order kinetics. The values of the activation energy of the peaks are between 0.77 eV and 1.90 eV and the frequency factors are of the order of 1010–1014 s−1. The intensity of the peaks at 54, 80, 102 and 173 °C increase with heating rate whereas those of the peaks at 238 and 290 °C decrease with heating rate. The decrease of intensity of the peaks at 238 and 290 °C with heating rate is due to thermal quenching whereas the increase of intensity of the peaks with heating rate indicates an inverse thermal-quenching-like behaviour. Interestingly this behaviour is observed only after annealing at 1200 °C. The activation energy for thermal quenching as calculated using the peaks at 238 and 290 °C are (1.02 ± 0.16) eV and (1.33 ± 0.15) eV respectively. Regarding the dosimetric features, the dose response of the peaks at 54, 80 and 102 °C are sublinear within 1–10 Gy and the peak at 54 °C saturates above 6 Gy. In contrast, the response of the peak at 173 °C is sublinear with 1–4 Gy and superlinear between 4 and 10 Gy. The peaks are found to fade at different rates and the rate of fading is also affected by annealing.
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  • Date Issued: 2018

A comparative study of the dosimetric features of α-Al2O3: C, Mg and α-Al2O3: C

  • Authors: Kalita, Jitumani M , Chithambo, Makaiko L
  • Date: 2017
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/113058 , vital:33694 , https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncx039
  • Description: A comparative study of the dosimetric features of α-Al2O3:C,Mg and α-Al2O3:C relevant to thermoluminescence dosimetry is reported. A glow curve of α-Al2O3:C,Mg measured at 1°C/s after beta irradiation to 1 Gy shows two subsidiary peaks at 42°C (labelled as I) and 72°C (II) and the main peak at 161°C (III) whereas a glow curve of α-Al2O3:C measured under the same conditions shows the main peak at 178°C (II′) and a lower intensity peak at 48°C (I′). Apart from these ones, there are several other peaks at temperatures beyond that of the main peak in both α-Al2O3:C,Mg and α-Al2O3:C. However, the latter are not included in this study. We report a comparative quantitative analysis of dose response and fading of peaks I, II and III of α-Al2O3:C,Mg and peaks I′ and II′ of α-Al2O3:C. Analysis shows that the dose response of peaks I and III is sublinear within 1–10 Gy whereas that of peak II is superlinear within 1–4 Gy followed by a sublinear region within 4–10 Gy. In comparison, the dose response of peak I′ is superlinear within 1–4 Gy followed by a sublinear region within 4–10 Gy whereas that of peak II′ is sublinear within 1–4 Gy followed by a superlinear region within 4–10 Gy. As regards to fading corresponding to 1 Gy, peak I is very unstable and fades within 300 s, peak II is more stable and takes up to 43200 s to fade. In comparison, peak III fades down to 30% of its initial intensity within 2400 s. Interestingly, between 2400 and 800 s, the intensity fades by 17% only. Regarding fading in α-Al2O3:C, peak I′ fades within 600 s whereas peak II′ shows an inverse fading behaviour up to 64800 s. The rate of fading for peaks I, II and III in α-Al2O3:C,Mg was found to decrease with increase in dose. However, no such behaviour was observed in α-Al2O3:C. The fading in both samples is discussed on the basis of a charge hopping mechanism.
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  • Date Issued: 2017

Comprehensive kinetic analysis of thermoluminescence peaks of α-Al2O3: C, Mg

  • Authors: Kalita, Jitumani M , Chithambo, Makaiko L
  • Date: 2017
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116142 , vital:34323 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2017.01.003
  • Description: A comprehensive kinetic analysis of the glow peaks in α-Al2O3:C,Mg is reported. A thermoluminescence glow curve measured at 1 °C/s after beta irradiation to 1 Gy shows a high intensity peak hereafter referred to as the main peak at 161 °C and six lower intensity secondary peaks at 42, 72, 193, 279, 330, 370 °C respectively. For ease of reference, the secondary peaks are labelled as I, II, IV, V, VI and VII respectively and the main peak denoted peak III. Kinetic analysis of the glow peaks has been carried out using the initial rise, whole glow peak, peak shape, variable heating rate and glow curve deconvolution methods as well as by way of phosphorescence. Using Tm-Tstop, Tm-dose and phosphorescence analyses, the order of kinetics of the peaks has been evaluated as first order. Analysis by the peak shape, whole glow peak and deconvolution methods produce the same conclusion. The activation energy of peaks I through VII are calculated as ~0.83, 0.96, 1.37, 1.20, 1.15, 1.61 and 1.94 eV respectively. The frequency factors for all the peaks are of the order of 109 to 1014 s−1. The question of thermal quenching affecting the peaks was considered. The peaks III, IV and V, the only ones that could be conveniently studied in this regard, were found to be affected by thermal quenching. The activation energy for thermal quenching was calculated for peak III as 0.96±0.03 eV, for peak VI as 0.95±0.07 eV and for peak V as 1.26±0.08 eV. The thermal quenching phenomenon has been discussed with reference to F+ and F centres. An energy band model has been developed to discuss the luminescence mechanisms in α-Al2O3:C,Mg in light of finding in this work.
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  • Date Issued: 2017

Features of an annealing-induced thermoluminescence peak in α-Al2O3: C, Mg

  • Authors: Kalita, Jitumani M , Chithambo, Makaiko L
  • Date: 2017
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116013 , vital:34289 , DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2017.05.034
  • Description: We report the thermoluminescence glow curves of beta irradiated single crystal α-Al2O3:C,Mg after annealing at 700 and 900 °C. A glow curve measured at 1 °C/s from samples irradiated to 1 Gy following annealing at 700 and 900 °C shows a high intensity peak at 163 °C and seven secondary peaks of weaker intensity at 43, 73, 100, 195, 280, 329 and 370 °C. Comparing the position of the peaks in the annealed samples with those in an un-annealed one, it is observed that the peak at 100 °C appears only after annealing at and above 700 °C. Kinetic analysis of this annealing-induced peak was carried out using the initial rise, whole glow peak, peak shape, curve fitting and variable heating rate methods. The order of kinetics of the peak was determined as first order using various methods including the Tm-Tstop technique and the dependence of Tm on irradiation dose. The activation energy of the peak is about 1.01 eV and the frequency factor of the order of 1012 s−1. The peak was found to be affected by thermal quenching in analysis based on change of peak intensity with heating rate. The activation energy of thermal quenching was evaluated as 1.06 ± 0.08 eV. We speculate that the annealing-induced peak is due to formation of a new electron trap after destruction of the F22+(2 Mg) centre when the sample is annealed at 700 °C. The annealing-induced peak fades with storage between irradiation and measurement. It was also concluded that electrons from traps corresponding to secondary peaks get re-trapped at the main electron trap.
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  • Date Issued: 2017

On the sensitivity of thermally and optically stimulated luminescence of α-Al2O3: C and α-Al2O3: C, Mg

  • Authors: Kalita, Jitumani M , Chithambo, Makaiko L
  • Date: 2017
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/119803 , vital:34784 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2017.03.006
  • Description: The luminescence sensitivity of α-Al2O3:C and α-Al2O3:C, Mg is of interest because of the contemporary use of these materials in dosimetry related applications. We report investigations concerning the change in sensitivity of thermoluminescence (TL) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) from α-Al2O3:C and α-Al2O3:C, Mg with re-use. The study was carried out on a set of un-annealed samples and others annealed at 700 and 900 °C. The TL and OSL sensitivity in α-Al2O3:C and α-Al2O3:C, Mg was found to increase with sample re-use whether the intensity was monitored as peak area or peak height for the main TL peak or, in the case of OSL, as the maximum intensity or the area under a decay curve. The fractional increase in area under either the main TL peak or the OSL decay curve exceeds that of the TL peak height or maximum OSL intensity when samples are re-used. However, when un-annealed samples are used, any increase in TL peak height or peak area per measurement is less than observed in annealed samples. It is also interesting to note that the change in maximum OSL intensity or OSL area is minimal for samples annealed at 900 °C. In general, the TL sensitivity in α-Al2O3:C increases more than that in α-Al2O3:C, Mg with re-use. On the other hand, the OSL sensitivity in α-Al2O3:C, Mg increases more than that in α-Al2O3:C with re-use. These findings suggest that it is advisable to take into account the fractional increase in sensitivity per measurement when one uses α-Al2O3:C as a TL dosimeter and α-Al2O3:C, Mg as an OSL dosimeter.
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  • Date Issued: 2017

Phototransferred thermoluminescence in α-Al2O3: C, Mg under 470 nm blue light stimulation

  • Authors: Kalita, Jitumani M , Chithambo, Makaiko L
  • Date: 2017
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116026 , vital:34290 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2017.04.059
  • Description: Phototransferred thermoluminescence (PTTL) in α-Al2O3:C,Mg under 470 nm blue light has been investigated. Conventional thermoluminescence (TL) measured at 1 °C/s following irradiation to 10 Gy shows the main peak (labelled as III) at 163 °C and six secondary peaks I, II, IV, V, VI and VII at 45, 74, 200, 279, 328, 370 °C respectively. When a sample irradiated to 10 Gy is preheated to 220 °C at 1 °C/s to remove peaks I, II, III and IV and then exposed to 470 nm blue light for 100 s, it is found that three peaks I, II and III are reproduced under phototransfer. Kinetic analysis of the PTTL peaks shows that their kinetic parameters are similar to those of peaks I, II and III from conventional TL. Pulse annealing experiments, intended to study the dependence of PTTL peak intensity on preheating temperature, show that the electron traps corresponding to peaks V, VI and VII act as donor traps whereas the traps corresponding to peaks I, II and III act as acceptor traps. Further, it was found that no PTTL can be generated when all the traps corresponding to peaks I, II…VII are erased by preheating after irradiation. The primary conclusion here is that α-Al2O3:C,Mg does not have any deep traps beyond 400 °C sensitive to 470 nm stimulation or if there are any, their concentration is negligible. The PTTL for any of the PTTL peaks mentioned earlier increases with illumination time to a maximum within 400 s for measurements corresponding to doses between 6 and 15 Gy. The dose response of PTTL peaks II and III is linear within 1–15 Gy. Regarding fading, PTTL peak II fades to background level within 18000 s whereas in the same time, PTTL peak III fades down to 40% of its initial intensity.
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  • Date Issued: 2017

Phototransferred thermoluminescence of α-Al2O3: C: experimental results and empirical models

  • Authors: Chithambo, Makaiko L , Seneza, Cleophace , Kalita, Jitumani M
  • Date: 2017
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/115681 , vital:34215 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2017.08.009
  • Description: The thermoluminescence glow curve of α-Al2O3:C consists of a prominent apparently-single peak and a number of weaker intensity secondary peaks. Phototransferred thermoluminescence (PTTL) from secondary glow peaks in α-Al2O3:C is reported. For completeness and to aid discussion, complementary results for the main peak are included. The problem studied is one of phototransferred thermoluminescence for a system of multiple acceptors and multiple donors. A TL glow curve recorded at 5 °C/s following irradiation to 0.5 Gy shows the main peak (labelled II) at 240 °C and two secondary peaks at 86 °C (peak I) and 360 °C (peak III). Peak I is reproduced under phototransfer after any preheating between 100 and 500 °C. Peak II is also reproduced as a PTTL peak after preheating to any temperature up to 800 °C. For the latter, the duration of preheating matters because if the sample is preheated at 800 °C for say, 6 min, PTTL is obtained but not when this is extended to say, 15 min. No PTTL was observed from peak III at all. A study of the time dependence of the PTTL intensity from peak III, following preheating that removes peaks I and II, shows that its electron trap acts as an acceptor when the duration of illumination to stimulate electrons from deep traps is brief but that when the illumination time is extended, the electron trap for peak III loses some of its trapped electrons to the shallower traps thus acting as a donor trap.
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  • Date Issued: 2017

Temperature dependence of optically stimulated luminescence of α-Al2O3: C, Mg

  • Authors: Kalita, Jitumani M , Chithambo, Makaiko L
  • Date: 2017
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/115708 , vital:34217 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2017.08.009
  • Description: Thermal assistance and thermal quenching are two independently acting thermodynamic phenomena that simultaneously affect the stimulation of luminescence. We have studied thermal assistance to luminescence optically stimulated from α-Al2O3:C,Mg. Since thermal assistance causes only a minor change in the luminescence intensity, measurements were made after the sample had been pre-exposed to stimulating light to reduce its intensity significantly, that is, in the slow component of its decay curve. The luminescence intensity was monitored as a function of measurement temperature between 30 and 130 °C. The intensity goes through a peak at 60 °C due to competing effects of thermal assistance and thermal quenching. The initial increase of intensity is attributed to dominant thermal assistance whereas the subsequent decrease of intensity is ascribed to dominant thermal quenching. The activation energy for thermal assistance was calculated for the main electron trap of an un-annealed sample as 0.324 ± 0.020 eV and in a sample annealed at 900 °C as 0.416 ± 0.028 eV. Implications of such differences in the value of the activation energy for thermal assistance are considered.
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  • Date Issued: 2017

The influence of dose on the kinetic parameters and dosimetric features of the main thermoluminescence glow peak in α-Al2O3: C, Mg

  • Authors: Kalita, Jitumani M , Chithambo, Makaiko L
  • Date: 2017
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/119834 , vital:34787 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2016.12.027
  • Description: The influence of dose (0.1–100 Gy) on the kinetic parameters and the dosimetric features of the main glow peak of α-Al2O3:C,Mg have been investigated. Thermoluminescence (TL) measured at 1 °C/s shows a very high intensity glow peak at 161 °C and six secondary peaks at 42, 72, 193, 279, 330, 370 °C respectively. Analysis shows that the main peak follows first order kinetics irrespective of the irradiation dose. The activation energy is found to be consistent at 1.37 eV and the frequency factor is of the order of 1014 s−1 for any dose between 0.1 and 100 Gy. Further, the analysis for thermal quenching of the main peak of 0.1 Gy irradiated sample shows that the activation energy for thermal quenching is (0.94 ± 0.04) eV.
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  • Date Issued: 2017

Thermally-assisted optically stimulated luminescence from deep electron traps in α-Al2O3: C, Mg

  • Authors: Kalita, Jitumani M , Chithambo, Makaiko L , Polymeris, G S
  • Date: 2017
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116133 , vital:34322 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2017.04.075
  • Description: We report thermally-assisted optically stimulated luminescence (TA-OSL) in α-Al2O3:C,Mg. The OSL was measured at elevated temperatures between 50 and 240 °C from a sample preheated to 500 °C after irradiation to 100 Gy. That OSL could be measured even after the preheating is direct evidence of the existence of deep electron traps in α-Al2O3:C,Mg. The TA-OSL intensity goes through a peak with measurement temperature. The initial increase is ascribed to thermal assistance to optical stimulation whereas the subsequent decrease in intensity is deduced to reflect increasing incidences of non-radiative recombination, that is, thermal quenching. The activation energy for thermal assistance corresponding to a deep electron trap was estimated as 0.667 ± 0.006 eV whereas the activation energy for thermal quenching was calculated as 0.90 ± 0.04 eV. The intensity of the TA-OSL was also found to increase with irradiation dose. The dose response is sublinear from 25 to 150 Gy but saturates with further increase of dose. The TA-OSL dose response has been discussed by considering the competition for charges at the deep traps. This study incidentally shows that TA-OSL can be effectively used in dosimetry involving large doses.
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  • Date Issued: 2017

Thermoluminescence of α-Al2O3: C, Mg: kinetic analysis of the main glow peak

  • Authors: Kalita, Jitumani M , Chithambo, Makaiko L
  • Date: 2017
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/119844 , vital:34788 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2016.10.031
  • Description: The kinetic analysis of the thermoluminescence of aluminium oxide doped with carbon and co-doped with magnesium (α-Al2O3:C,Mg) is reported. Measurements were made at 1 °C/s following beta irradiation to 1 Gy. The glow curve consists of a dominant peak at a peak-maximum Tm of 161 °C and six secondary peaks of weaker intensity at 42, 72, 193, 279, 330 and 370 °C. Kinetic analysis of the main peak, the subject of this report, was carried out using initial rise, whole glow peak, peak shape, curve fitting and variable heating rate methods. The order of kinetics of the main peak was determined as first order using various methods including the Tm–Tstop technique and the dependence of Tm on irradiation dose. The activation energy of the peak is about ~1.36 eV and the frequency factor of the order of 1014 s−1. The peak area changes with heating rate in a manner that shows that the peak is affected by thermal quenching. The activation energy of thermal quenching was evaluated as 0.99±0.08 eV. A comparison of analytical results from the main peak before and after correction for thermal quenching show that the kinetic parameters of the main peak are not that affected by thermal quenching.
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  • Date Issued: 2017
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