Concerning secondary thermoluminescence peaks in α-Al_2_O_3_:C
- Authors: Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Date: 2004
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6793 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003823
- Description: Thermoluminescence characteristics of two subsidiary glow peaks, one below 100°C and the other above 300°C, have been studied for measurements between 30°C and 500°C in α-Al_2_O_3_:C. The thermoluminescence intensity of the lower temperature peak decreased with storage with a half-life of about 150 s. In contrast, the intensity of the higher temperature peak increased with storage towards some maximum. The peak-temperature of each of the secondary glow peaks was essentially constant with dose, whereas that of the main peak decreased with irradiation. The dose response for the three peaks was similar except for sublinear growth in the higher temperature peak at low dose values. These effects are discussed in terms of changes in the concentration of F+ luminescence precursors brought about by competitive electron retrapping at deep electron-traps or hole-traps. This work refines the physics and application of α-Al_2_O_3_:C luminescence in radiation dosimetry.
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- Date Issued: 2004
- Authors: Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Date: 2004
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6793 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003823
- Description: Thermoluminescence characteristics of two subsidiary glow peaks, one below 100°C and the other above 300°C, have been studied for measurements between 30°C and 500°C in α-Al_2_O_3_:C. The thermoluminescence intensity of the lower temperature peak decreased with storage with a half-life of about 150 s. In contrast, the intensity of the higher temperature peak increased with storage towards some maximum. The peak-temperature of each of the secondary glow peaks was essentially constant with dose, whereas that of the main peak decreased with irradiation. The dose response for the three peaks was similar except for sublinear growth in the higher temperature peak at low dose values. These effects are discussed in terms of changes in the concentration of F+ luminescence precursors brought about by competitive electron retrapping at deep electron-traps or hole-traps. This work refines the physics and application of α-Al_2_O_3_:C luminescence in radiation dosimetry.
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- Date Issued: 2004
Accuracy of the activation energy calculated from a thermoluminescence glow‐peak using a method that uses three points on the peak
- Ogundare, F O, Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Authors: Ogundare, F O , Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Date: 2006
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/123016 , vital:35397 , https://doi:10.1002/pssc.200521077
- Description: The utility of thermoluminescence (TL) in detecting changes in defect concentration in insulators is well established [1–3]. The underlying premise leading to the emission of TL is that exposure of a material to ionizing radiation causes a redistribution of charge in defect centres within the material. When the material is heated at a controlled linear rate, the thermoluminescence is emitted as a temperature-dependent set of peaks collectively known as a glow-curve. The shape and intensity of each of the glow-peaks may be characterized by a set of parameters consisting of the activation energy E, the frequency factors, the number of electrons n0 trapped in defect centres at the start of the heating, and the order of kinetics b. The order of kinetics b is an indication of the retrapping probability i.e. the probability that a free electron from the conduction band will be retrapped rather than recombine with a hole at a recombination centre to produce thermoluminescence. Retrapping of electrons reduces the TL intensity at any particular temperature during the heating process. The physical mechanisms of TL associated with a given glow curve are unique and may be characterized by analysis of the glow-curve for the said kinetic parameters.
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- Date Issued: 2006
- Authors: Ogundare, F O , Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Date: 2006
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/123016 , vital:35397 , https://doi:10.1002/pssc.200521077
- Description: The utility of thermoluminescence (TL) in detecting changes in defect concentration in insulators is well established [1–3]. The underlying premise leading to the emission of TL is that exposure of a material to ionizing radiation causes a redistribution of charge in defect centres within the material. When the material is heated at a controlled linear rate, the thermoluminescence is emitted as a temperature-dependent set of peaks collectively known as a glow-curve. The shape and intensity of each of the glow-peaks may be characterized by a set of parameters consisting of the activation energy E, the frequency factors, the number of electrons n0 trapped in defect centres at the start of the heating, and the order of kinetics b. The order of kinetics b is an indication of the retrapping probability i.e. the probability that a free electron from the conduction band will be retrapped rather than recombine with a hole at a recombination centre to produce thermoluminescence. Retrapping of electrons reduces the TL intensity at any particular temperature during the heating process. The physical mechanisms of TL associated with a given glow curve are unique and may be characterized by analysis of the glow-curve for the said kinetic parameters.
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- Date Issued: 2006
Anomalous behaviour of thermoluminescence from quartz: a case of glow peaks from a Nigerian quartz
- Ogundare, F O, Chithambo, Makaiko L, Oniya, E O
- Authors: Ogundare, F O , Chithambo, Makaiko L , Oniya, E O
- Date: 2006
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6796 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003922
- Description: Anomalous behaviour displayed by a thermoluminescence (TL) glow peak as radiation dose increases in a Nigerian quartz is presented. The glow curves of the phosphor have four clear glow peaks. The peak temperatures of the first three glow peaks were found to be constant with change in radiation dose at 82, 148 and 200ºC for the sample readout at a heating rate of 1ºCs[superscript (-1)]. The peak temperature of the fourth peak, which is at around 320ºC for a sample irradiated to a dose of 63 Gy and heated at 1ºCs[superscript (-1)], displays anomalous behaviour with increase in dose relative to the first three peaks. The temperature at which this peak occurs increases with dose to about 335ºC for 177 Gy and then decreases thereafter as dose is further increased. The change is explained on the assumption that the peak may be complex consisting of several overlapping first-order glow peaks each with different TL behaviour.
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- Date Issued: 2006
- Authors: Ogundare, F O , Chithambo, Makaiko L , Oniya, E O
- Date: 2006
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6796 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003922
- Description: Anomalous behaviour displayed by a thermoluminescence (TL) glow peak as radiation dose increases in a Nigerian quartz is presented. The glow curves of the phosphor have four clear glow peaks. The peak temperatures of the first three glow peaks were found to be constant with change in radiation dose at 82, 148 and 200ºC for the sample readout at a heating rate of 1ºCs[superscript (-1)]. The peak temperature of the fourth peak, which is at around 320ºC for a sample irradiated to a dose of 63 Gy and heated at 1ºCs[superscript (-1)], displays anomalous behaviour with increase in dose relative to the first three peaks. The temperature at which this peak occurs increases with dose to about 335ºC for 177 Gy and then decreases thereafter as dose is further increased. The change is explained on the assumption that the peak may be complex consisting of several overlapping first-order glow peaks each with different TL behaviour.
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- Date Issued: 2006
On the correlation between annealing and variabilities in pulsed-luminescence from quartz
- Authors: Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Date: 2006
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6797 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003923
- Description: Properties of luminescence lifetimes in quartz related to annealing between 500 and 900ºC have been investigated. The luminescence was pulse-stimulated at 470 nm from sets of granular quartz annealed at 500, 600, 700, 800, and 900ºC. The lifetimes decrease with annealing temperature from about 42 to 33 µѕ when the annealing temperature is increased from 500 to 900ºC. Luminescence lifetimes are most sensitive to duration of annealing at 600ºC, decreasing from 40.2 ± 0.7 µѕ by as much as 7 µѕ when the duration of annealing is changed from 10 to 60 min. However, at 800–900ºC lifetimes are essentially independent of annealing temperature at about 33 µѕ. Increasing the exciting beta dose causes an increase in the lifetimes of the stimulated luminescence in the sample annealed at 800ºC but not in those annealed at either 500 or 600ºC. The temperature-resolved distribution of luminescence lifetimes is affected by thermal quenching of luminescence. These features may be accounted for with reference to two principal luminescence centres involved in the luminescence emission process.
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- Date Issued: 2006
- Authors: Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Date: 2006
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6797 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003923
- Description: Properties of luminescence lifetimes in quartz related to annealing between 500 and 900ºC have been investigated. The luminescence was pulse-stimulated at 470 nm from sets of granular quartz annealed at 500, 600, 700, 800, and 900ºC. The lifetimes decrease with annealing temperature from about 42 to 33 µѕ when the annealing temperature is increased from 500 to 900ºC. Luminescence lifetimes are most sensitive to duration of annealing at 600ºC, decreasing from 40.2 ± 0.7 µѕ by as much as 7 µѕ when the duration of annealing is changed from 10 to 60 min. However, at 800–900ºC lifetimes are essentially independent of annealing temperature at about 33 µѕ. Increasing the exciting beta dose causes an increase in the lifetimes of the stimulated luminescence in the sample annealed at 800ºC but not in those annealed at either 500 or 600ºC. The temperature-resolved distribution of luminescence lifetimes is affected by thermal quenching of luminescence. These features may be accounted for with reference to two principal luminescence centres involved in the luminescence emission process.
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- Date Issued: 2006
Orthopaedic grade ultra–high molecular weight polyethylene: some features of the main thermoluminescence glow curve
- Authors: Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Date: 2006
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/125499 , vital:35789 , https://doi.10.1093/rpd/nci661
- Description: Thermoluminescence (TL) characteristics of orthopaedic–grade ultra–high molecular weight polyethylene have been investigated between 20 and 200_C. The TL at 1_C s_1 consists of two glow curves, a weaker intensity peak at 115_C and the main peak at 70_C, studied in this work. TL intensity increases with beta irradiation but with a dose–response influenced by heating rate. On the other hand, the peak maximum is affected by both irradiation and repeated use of a sample. The glow curve shifts to higher temperatures with increase in heating rate but only slightly so with change in beta irradiation dose, properties suggestive of first-order kinetics. Kinetic analysis for activation energy and order of kinetics, based on the discrete trap model, produce somewhat conflicting results. Whereas qualitative analysis of peak symmetry show that first-order kinetics apply, geometrical analysis of the peak shape suggests that the order of kinetics might be other than first-order. Values of activation energy evaluated using the initial rise method were found to be dose dependent and for a given beta dose are in agreement with calculations from peak shape and initial rise methods but less so with results from variable heating rate method.
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- Date Issued: 2006
- Authors: Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Date: 2006
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/125499 , vital:35789 , https://doi.10.1093/rpd/nci661
- Description: Thermoluminescence (TL) characteristics of orthopaedic–grade ultra–high molecular weight polyethylene have been investigated between 20 and 200_C. The TL at 1_C s_1 consists of two glow curves, a weaker intensity peak at 115_C and the main peak at 70_C, studied in this work. TL intensity increases with beta irradiation but with a dose–response influenced by heating rate. On the other hand, the peak maximum is affected by both irradiation and repeated use of a sample. The glow curve shifts to higher temperatures with increase in heating rate but only slightly so with change in beta irradiation dose, properties suggestive of first-order kinetics. Kinetic analysis for activation energy and order of kinetics, based on the discrete trap model, produce somewhat conflicting results. Whereas qualitative analysis of peak symmetry show that first-order kinetics apply, geometrical analysis of the peak shape suggests that the order of kinetics might be other than first-order. Values of activation energy evaluated using the initial rise method were found to be dose dependent and for a given beta dose are in agreement with calculations from peak shape and initial rise methods but less so with results from variable heating rate method.
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- Date Issued: 2006
Time-resolved luminescence of low sensitivity quartz from crystalline rocks
- Chithambo, Makaiko L, Preusser, F, Ramseyer, K, Ogundare, F O
- Authors: Chithambo, Makaiko L , Preusser, F , Ramseyer, K , Ogundare, F O
- Date: 2007
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: vital:6801 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004164 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2006.07.005
- Description: preprint , Time-resolved luminescence spectra of low sensitivity natural quartz from crystalline rocks are presented. The luminescence was pulse-stimulated at width using 470 nm blue light from quartz separated from plutonic, metamorphic, volcanic and hydrothermal samples. Measurements were made at 20 °C. All samples show evidence of a short lifetime component less than long although in several cases too weak in intensity to be evaluated accurately. On the other hand, the value of the principal lifetime component varies considerably being about in metamorphic quartz, in plutonic quartz, and in one example of hydrothermal quartz. The results illustrate a new feature of luminescence from quartz for which lifetimes less than or greater than have never been reported at room temperature before. It is argued that the thermal provenance of the quartz and so the annealing it will have experienced influences the size of the observed lifetime. In particular, the results are explained in terms of a model consisting of three luminescence centers with the dominant lifetime linked to preferential recombination at one center depending on the thermal history of the sample and hence the hole concentration of the center.
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- Date Issued: 2007
- Authors: Chithambo, Makaiko L , Preusser, F , Ramseyer, K , Ogundare, F O
- Date: 2007
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: vital:6801 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004164 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2006.07.005
- Description: preprint , Time-resolved luminescence spectra of low sensitivity natural quartz from crystalline rocks are presented. The luminescence was pulse-stimulated at width using 470 nm blue light from quartz separated from plutonic, metamorphic, volcanic and hydrothermal samples. Measurements were made at 20 °C. All samples show evidence of a short lifetime component less than long although in several cases too weak in intensity to be evaluated accurately. On the other hand, the value of the principal lifetime component varies considerably being about in metamorphic quartz, in plutonic quartz, and in one example of hydrothermal quartz. The results illustrate a new feature of luminescence from quartz for which lifetimes less than or greater than have never been reported at room temperature before. It is argued that the thermal provenance of the quartz and so the annealing it will have experienced influences the size of the observed lifetime. In particular, the results are explained in terms of a model consisting of three luminescence centers with the dominant lifetime linked to preferential recombination at one center depending on the thermal history of the sample and hence the hole concentration of the center.
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- Date Issued: 2007
Phosphorescence of orthopaedic–grade ultra high molecular weight polyethylene
- Authors: Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/125617 , vital:35801 , https://doi.10.1002/pssc.200776802
- Description: Isothermal luminescence decay curves have been measured from orthopaedic–standard ultra high molecular weight polyethylene between 35 and 70 ˚C on the rising edge of the main glow peak at 70 ˚C. Preparatory peak-shape analysis of the temperature-resolved glow peak at 70 ˚C measured at 1 ˚C s–1 gave a geometrical factor close to 0.5 suggestive of second order kinetics for both the isothermal and thermally stimulated luminescence. The results of analysis of the phosphorescence of transformed monotonic-to-peak isothermal decay curves are also second order, as is the conclusion from thermoluminescence glow-curve de-convolution. All methods of analysis give an activation energy of about 0.7 eV.
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- Date Issued: 2008
- Authors: Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/125617 , vital:35801 , https://doi.10.1002/pssc.200776802
- Description: Isothermal luminescence decay curves have been measured from orthopaedic–standard ultra high molecular weight polyethylene between 35 and 70 ˚C on the rising edge of the main glow peak at 70 ˚C. Preparatory peak-shape analysis of the temperature-resolved glow peak at 70 ˚C measured at 1 ˚C s–1 gave a geometrical factor close to 0.5 suggestive of second order kinetics for both the isothermal and thermally stimulated luminescence. The results of analysis of the phosphorescence of transformed monotonic-to-peak isothermal decay curves are also second order, as is the conclusion from thermoluminescence glow-curve de-convolution. All methods of analysis give an activation energy of about 0.7 eV.
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- Date Issued: 2008
Luminescence lifetime components in quartz: influence of irradiation and annealing
- Chithambo, Makaiko L, Ogundare, F O
- Authors: Chithambo, Makaiko L , Ogundare, F O
- Date: 2009
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6811 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004304
- Description: Pulsed optically stimulated luminescence measured from quartz under certain combinations of annealing and measurement temperature can be resolved into multiple lifetime components. We have studied the influence on these lifetime components of annealing temperature up to 900 °C, beta irradiation dose as high as 1700 Gy, and temperature of stimulation up to 200 °C. Although the time-resolved spectra from which the lifetimes are determined may be measured without heating between irradiation and measurement, a necessary protocol in steady-state optical stimulation applications, studies reported in this paper have been augmented with investigations on the effect of temperature and duration of preheating on the principal and secondary lifetimes. Luminescence spectra for measurements up to 200 Gy consist of a single lifetime but two components occur thereafter, both are independent of radiation dose. The principal lifetime of 35 μs is not affected by temperature of anneal whereas the secondary lifetime increases from 9 to 18 μs when the annealing temperature is changed from 600 to 900 °C. The dependence of both the principal and secondary luminescence lifetimes on measurement temperature can be explained by thermal quenching of the associated luminescence. However, the influence of irradiation, preheating, and annealing on the lifetimes can be explained with reference to an energy band scheme in which the primary mechanism in the processes leading up to luminescence emission is the change in concentration of holes at various luminescence centres caused by annealing.
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- Date Issued: 2009
- Authors: Chithambo, Makaiko L , Ogundare, F O
- Date: 2009
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6811 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004304
- Description: Pulsed optically stimulated luminescence measured from quartz under certain combinations of annealing and measurement temperature can be resolved into multiple lifetime components. We have studied the influence on these lifetime components of annealing temperature up to 900 °C, beta irradiation dose as high as 1700 Gy, and temperature of stimulation up to 200 °C. Although the time-resolved spectra from which the lifetimes are determined may be measured without heating between irradiation and measurement, a necessary protocol in steady-state optical stimulation applications, studies reported in this paper have been augmented with investigations on the effect of temperature and duration of preheating on the principal and secondary lifetimes. Luminescence spectra for measurements up to 200 Gy consist of a single lifetime but two components occur thereafter, both are independent of radiation dose. The principal lifetime of 35 μs is not affected by temperature of anneal whereas the secondary lifetime increases from 9 to 18 μs when the annealing temperature is changed from 600 to 900 °C. The dependence of both the principal and secondary luminescence lifetimes on measurement temperature can be explained by thermal quenching of the associated luminescence. However, the influence of irradiation, preheating, and annealing on the lifetimes can be explained with reference to an energy band scheme in which the primary mechanism in the processes leading up to luminescence emission is the change in concentration of holes at various luminescence centres caused by annealing.
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- Date Issued: 2009
Influence of argon-implantation on conventional and phototransferred thermoluminescence of synthetic quartz
- Nsengiyumva, S, Chithambo, Makaiko L, Pichon, L
- Authors: Nsengiyumva, S , Chithambo, Makaiko L , Pichon, L
- Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/124732 , vital:35656 , DOI: 10.1080/10420150.2016.1194412
- Description: Conventional and phototransferred thermoluminescence of crystalline synthetic quartz implanted with 70 keV Ar ions at fluences in the range 1 × 1014–5 × 1015 ions/cm2 is reported. The glow curves, recorded at 5°C/s from beta-irradiated samples of similar mass, show a prominent peak between 100°C and 120°C. The thermoluminescence intensity of all implanted samples was greater than that of the unimplanted one. The increase in sensitivity is attributed to a corresponding increase in the concentration of point defects, as a result of the implantation, which act as electron traps or recombination centres. Kinetic analysis carried out using the peak shape, whole glow-peak and curve-fitting methods produced values of the activation energy, frequency factor and order of kinetics that are generally independent of implantation fluence. This result suggests that implantation did not necessarily affect the nature of the electron traps. With respect to phototransferred thermoluminescence, it was observed that it only appeared in the sample implanted at the highest fluence of 5 × 1015 ions/cm2. This may be so because the concentration of deep traps produced as a result of implantation at low fluence is too low to give rise to phototransferred thermoluminescence. The intensity of the phototransferred thermoluminescence goes through a peak with illumination time. We attribute this behaviour to the relative concentration of holes at recombination centres and phototransferred electrons at shallow traps.
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- Date Issued: 2016
- Authors: Nsengiyumva, S , Chithambo, Makaiko L , Pichon, L
- Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/124732 , vital:35656 , DOI: 10.1080/10420150.2016.1194412
- Description: Conventional and phototransferred thermoluminescence of crystalline synthetic quartz implanted with 70 keV Ar ions at fluences in the range 1 × 1014–5 × 1015 ions/cm2 is reported. The glow curves, recorded at 5°C/s from beta-irradiated samples of similar mass, show a prominent peak between 100°C and 120°C. The thermoluminescence intensity of all implanted samples was greater than that of the unimplanted one. The increase in sensitivity is attributed to a corresponding increase in the concentration of point defects, as a result of the implantation, which act as electron traps or recombination centres. Kinetic analysis carried out using the peak shape, whole glow-peak and curve-fitting methods produced values of the activation energy, frequency factor and order of kinetics that are generally independent of implantation fluence. This result suggests that implantation did not necessarily affect the nature of the electron traps. With respect to phototransferred thermoluminescence, it was observed that it only appeared in the sample implanted at the highest fluence of 5 × 1015 ions/cm2. This may be so because the concentration of deep traps produced as a result of implantation at low fluence is too low to give rise to phototransferred thermoluminescence. The intensity of the phototransferred thermoluminescence goes through a peak with illumination time. We attribute this behaviour to the relative concentration of holes at recombination centres and phototransferred electrons at shallow traps.
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- Date Issued: 2016
On luminescence stimulated from deep traps using thermally-assisted time-resolved optical stimulation in α-Al2O3: C
- Nyirenda, Angel N, Chithambo, Makaiko L, Polymeris, G S
- Authors: Nyirenda, Angel N , Chithambo, Makaiko L , Polymeris, G S
- Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/124627 , vital:35639 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2016.01.016
- Description: We report a study of charge transfer mechanisms of electrons stimulated optically from very deep traps, also known as donor traps, in α-Al2O3:C. The investigations were carried out using thermally-assisted time-resolved optical stimulation, thermoluminescence and by way of residual thermoluminescence from the main electron trap. When the charges are optically stimulated from the deep traps, they are redistributed via the conduction band to the main electron trap and the shallow trap from where they are optically or thermally released for recombination at luminescence centres. The luminescence is strongly quenched at high measurement temperature as evident by very short luminescence lifetimes at these temperatures. The main peak due to residual thermoluminescence is located at a higher temperature than the conventional main peak.
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- Date Issued: 2016
- Authors: Nyirenda, Angel N , Chithambo, Makaiko L , Polymeris, G S
- Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/124627 , vital:35639 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2016.01.016
- Description: We report a study of charge transfer mechanisms of electrons stimulated optically from very deep traps, also known as donor traps, in α-Al2O3:C. The investigations were carried out using thermally-assisted time-resolved optical stimulation, thermoluminescence and by way of residual thermoluminescence from the main electron trap. When the charges are optically stimulated from the deep traps, they are redistributed via the conduction band to the main electron trap and the shallow trap from where they are optically or thermally released for recombination at luminescence centres. The luminescence is strongly quenched at high measurement temperature as evident by very short luminescence lifetimes at these temperatures. The main peak due to residual thermoluminescence is located at a higher temperature than the conventional main peak.
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- Date Issued: 2016
Quantitative analysis of time-resolved infrared stimulated luminescence in feldspars
- Pagonis, Vasilis, Ankjærgaard, Christina, Jain, Mayank, Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Authors: Pagonis, Vasilis , Ankjærgaard, Christina , Jain, Mayank , Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/124616 , vital:35638 , DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2016.06.013
- Description: Time-resolved infrared-stimulated luminescence (TR-IRSL) from feldspar samples is of importance in the field of luminescence dating, since it provides information on the luminescence mechanism in these materials. In this paper we present new analytical equations which can be used to analyze TR-IRSL signals, both during and after short infrared stimulation pulses. The equations are developed using a recently proposed kinetic model, which describes localized electronic recombination via tunneling between trapped electrons and recombination centers in luminescent materials. Recombination is assumed to take place from the excited state of the trapped electron to the nearest-neighbor center within a random distribution of luminescence recombination centers. Different possibilities are examined within the model, depending on the relative importance of electron de-excitation and recombination. The equations are applied to experimental TR-IRSL data of natural feldspars, and good agreement is found between experimental and modeling results.
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- Date Issued: 2016
- Authors: Pagonis, Vasilis , Ankjærgaard, Christina , Jain, Mayank , Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/124616 , vital:35638 , DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2016.06.013
- Description: Time-resolved infrared-stimulated luminescence (TR-IRSL) from feldspar samples is of importance in the field of luminescence dating, since it provides information on the luminescence mechanism in these materials. In this paper we present new analytical equations which can be used to analyze TR-IRSL signals, both during and after short infrared stimulation pulses. The equations are developed using a recently proposed kinetic model, which describes localized electronic recombination via tunneling between trapped electrons and recombination centers in luminescent materials. Recombination is assumed to take place from the excited state of the trapped electron to the nearest-neighbor center within a random distribution of luminescence recombination centers. Different possibilities are examined within the model, depending on the relative importance of electron de-excitation and recombination. The equations are applied to experimental TR-IRSL data of natural feldspars, and good agreement is found between experimental and modeling results.
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- Date Issued: 2016
Thermoluminescence of kunzite: a study of kinetic processes and dosimetry characteristics
- Ogundare, F O, Alatishe, M A, Chithambo, Makaiko L, Costin, G
- Authors: Ogundare, F O , Alatishe, M A , Chithambo, Makaiko L , Costin, G
- Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/124701 , vital:35650 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2016.02.059
- Description: Since the use of natural minerals for dating and dose reconstruction using luminescence techniques is well-established and always of interest, we present thermoluminescence characteristics of kunzite, a gem variety of spodumene. The chemical composition of the sample was determined using an Electron Probe MicroAnalyzer.
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- Date Issued: 2016
- Authors: Ogundare, F O , Alatishe, M A , Chithambo, Makaiko L , Costin, G
- Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/124701 , vital:35650 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2016.02.059
- Description: Since the use of natural minerals for dating and dose reconstruction using luminescence techniques is well-established and always of interest, we present thermoluminescence characteristics of kunzite, a gem variety of spodumene. The chemical composition of the sample was determined using an Electron Probe MicroAnalyzer.
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- Date Issued: 2016
Time-resolved luminescence from quartz: an overview of contemporary developments and applications
- Chithambo, Makaiko L, Pagonis, Vasilis, Ankjærgaard, Christina
- Authors: Chithambo, Makaiko L , Pagonis, Vasilis , Ankjærgaard, Christina
- Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/124743 , vital:35658 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2015.10.014
- Description: Time-resolved optical stimulation of luminescence has become established as a key method for measurement of optically stimulated luminescence from quartz, feldspar and α-Al2O3:C, all materials of interest in dosimetry. The aim of time-resolved optical stimulation is to separate in time the stimulation and emission of luminescence. The luminescence is stimulated from a sample using a brief light pulse and the emission monitored during stimulation in the presence of scattered stimulating light or after pulsing, over photomultiplier noise only. Although the use of the method in retrospective dosimetry has been somewhat limited, the technique has been successfully applied to study mechanisms in the processes leading up to luminescence emission. The main means for this has been the temperature dependence of the luminescence intensity as well as the luminescence lifetimes determined from time-resolved luminescence spectra. In this paper we review some key developments in theory and applications to quartz including methods of evaluating lifetimes, techniques of evaluating kinetic parameters using both the dependence of luminescence intensity and lifetime on measurement temperature, and of lifetimes on annealing temperature. We then provide an overview of some notable applications such as separation of quartz signals from a quartz–feldspar admixture and the utility of the dynamic throughput, a measure of luminescence measured as a function of the pulse width. The paper concludes with some suggestions of areas where further exploration would advance understanding of dynamics of luminescence in quartz and help address some outstanding problems in its application.
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- Date Issued: 2016
- Authors: Chithambo, Makaiko L , Pagonis, Vasilis , Ankjærgaard, Christina
- Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/124743 , vital:35658 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2015.10.014
- Description: Time-resolved optical stimulation of luminescence has become established as a key method for measurement of optically stimulated luminescence from quartz, feldspar and α-Al2O3:C, all materials of interest in dosimetry. The aim of time-resolved optical stimulation is to separate in time the stimulation and emission of luminescence. The luminescence is stimulated from a sample using a brief light pulse and the emission monitored during stimulation in the presence of scattered stimulating light or after pulsing, over photomultiplier noise only. Although the use of the method in retrospective dosimetry has been somewhat limited, the technique has been successfully applied to study mechanisms in the processes leading up to luminescence emission. The main means for this has been the temperature dependence of the luminescence intensity as well as the luminescence lifetimes determined from time-resolved luminescence spectra. In this paper we review some key developments in theory and applications to quartz including methods of evaluating lifetimes, techniques of evaluating kinetic parameters using both the dependence of luminescence intensity and lifetime on measurement temperature, and of lifetimes on annealing temperature. We then provide an overview of some notable applications such as separation of quartz signals from a quartz–feldspar admixture and the utility of the dynamic throughput, a measure of luminescence measured as a function of the pulse width. The paper concludes with some suggestions of areas where further exploration would advance understanding of dynamics of luminescence in quartz and help address some outstanding problems in its application.
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- Date Issued: 2016
A comparative study of the dosimetric features of α-Al2O3: C, Mg and α-Al2O3: C
- Kalita, Jitumani M, Chithambo, Makaiko L
- 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
- 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
- Kalita, Jitumani M, Chithambo, Makaiko L
- 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
- 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
Dose response and kinetic analysis of thermoluminescence of Li–Zn fluoroborate glass
- Thomas, Sunil, Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Authors: Thomas, Sunil , Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116164 , vital:34326 , https://doi.org/10.1080/10420150.2017.1313844
- Description: The intention of this study is to explore the thermoluminescence properties of beta-irradiated Li–Zn fluoroborate glass. The glow-curve corresponding to 10 Gy shows two peaks when measured at 1°C/s. The dose response of the glass to beta irradiation was investigated. The trapping level parameters such as activation energy, frequency factor and order of kinetics associated with the observed glow-peak were determined using different methods. The thermoluminescence is affected by thermal quenching. A possible mechanism for the thermoluminescence is described.
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- Date Issued: 2017
- Authors: Thomas, Sunil , Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116164 , vital:34326 , https://doi.org/10.1080/10420150.2017.1313844
- Description: The intention of this study is to explore the thermoluminescence properties of beta-irradiated Li–Zn fluoroborate glass. The glow-curve corresponding to 10 Gy shows two peaks when measured at 1°C/s. The dose response of the glass to beta irradiation was investigated. The trapping level parameters such as activation energy, frequency factor and order of kinetics associated with the observed glow-peak were determined using different methods. The thermoluminescence is affected by thermal quenching. A possible mechanism for the thermoluminescence is described.
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- Date Issued: 2017
Factors influencing the shape of CW-OSL signal obtained by stimulation of very deep traps in carbon-doped aluminium oxide: an experimental study
- Nyirenda, Angel N, Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Authors: Nyirenda, Angel N , Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/115493 , vital:34149 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2017.07.016
- Description: The optically stimulated luminescence from carbon-doped aluminium oxide (α-Al2O3:C) displays a peak with time under certain measurement conditions. In this paper, we present factors that influence the peak-like shape of continuous-wave optically stimulated luminescence (CW-OSL) signal. The report is based on the experimental study of OSL signals obtained by stimulation of very deep traps in α-Al2O3:C. Methods exploiting post-irradiation annealing, variable dose and temperature dependent OSL measurements were used in the investigation. It is found that the rising part of the CW-OSL peak is obtained when the rate of retrapping at the most optically active trap (main trap) exceeds the rate of direct radiative recombination following optical release of charges from all optically active traps. This is possible if, during optical stimulation, the primary trap responsible for OSL i.e. the main trap, is substantially unoccupied and the very deep, donor traps are substantially filled up. The rate of charge retrapping itself is deduced to depend on the occupancy of the acceptor traps i.e. shallow, main and secondary traps; concentration of charge carriers in the very deep, donor traps; the post-irradiation annealing temperature and the temperature at which the OSL is measured.
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- Date Issued: 2017
- Authors: Nyirenda, Angel N , Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/115493 , vital:34149 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2017.07.016
- Description: The optically stimulated luminescence from carbon-doped aluminium oxide (α-Al2O3:C) displays a peak with time under certain measurement conditions. In this paper, we present factors that influence the peak-like shape of continuous-wave optically stimulated luminescence (CW-OSL) signal. The report is based on the experimental study of OSL signals obtained by stimulation of very deep traps in α-Al2O3:C. Methods exploiting post-irradiation annealing, variable dose and temperature dependent OSL measurements were used in the investigation. It is found that the rising part of the CW-OSL peak is obtained when the rate of retrapping at the most optically active trap (main trap) exceeds the rate of direct radiative recombination following optical release of charges from all optically active traps. This is possible if, during optical stimulation, the primary trap responsible for OSL i.e. the main trap, is substantially unoccupied and the very deep, donor traps are substantially filled up. The rate of charge retrapping itself is deduced to depend on the occupancy of the acceptor traps i.e. shallow, main and secondary traps; concentration of charge carriers in the very deep, donor traps; the post-irradiation annealing temperature and the temperature at which the OSL is measured.
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- Date Issued: 2017
Features of an annealing-induced thermoluminescence peak in α-Al2O3: C, Mg
- Kalita, Jitumani M, Chithambo, Makaiko L
- 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
- 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
Kinetic analysis and general features of thermoluminescence of B2O3-Li2O-ZnF2 glass
- Thomas, Sunil, Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Authors: Thomas, Sunil , Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116154 , vital:34324 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2017.03.038
- Description: The intention of this study is to explore the thermoluminescence of beta irradiated B2O3-Li2O-ZnF2 glass. The glow-curve corresponding to 200 Gy shows three peaks; two weak-intensity peaks at 60 and 243 °C and a more prominent one at 118 °C, when measured at 1 °C/s. The dose response of the main peak at 118 °C was found to be sublinear in the range 200–1000 Gy. Regarding the kinetic analysis of the main peak, the activation energy of the corresponding electron trap was evaluated as 0.96 eV and the frequency factor as ∼1011 s−1. It is proposed that the thermoluminescence in B2O3-Li2O-ZnF2 glass is due to recombination of electrons, thermally released from Zn+ ionic defect sites, with the holes at boron-oxygen hole centres.
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- Date Issued: 2017
- Authors: Thomas, Sunil , Chithambo, Makaiko L
- Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116154 , vital:34324 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2017.03.038
- Description: The intention of this study is to explore the thermoluminescence of beta irradiated B2O3-Li2O-ZnF2 glass. The glow-curve corresponding to 200 Gy shows three peaks; two weak-intensity peaks at 60 and 243 °C and a more prominent one at 118 °C, when measured at 1 °C/s. The dose response of the main peak at 118 °C was found to be sublinear in the range 200–1000 Gy. Regarding the kinetic analysis of the main peak, the activation energy of the corresponding electron trap was evaluated as 0.96 eV and the frequency factor as ∼1011 s−1. It is proposed that the thermoluminescence in B2O3-Li2O-ZnF2 glass is due to recombination of electrons, thermally released from Zn+ ionic defect sites, with the holes at boron-oxygen hole centres.
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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
- Kalita, Jitumani M, Chithambo, Makaiko L
- 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
- 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