Radioluminescence Sensitization in Scintillators and Phosphors: Trap Engineering and Modeling

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• 作者：Federico Moretti ; Gael Patton ; Andrei Belsky ; Mauro Fasoli ; Anna Vedda ; Mattia Trevisani ; Marco Bettinelli ; Christophe Dujardin
• 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：May 8, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：118
• 期：18
• 页码：9670-9676
• 全文大小：354K
• 年卷期：v.118,no.18(May 8, 2014)
• ISSN：1932-7455

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The role of charge carrier trapping in determining radioluminescence (RL) efficiency increase during prolonged irradiation of scintillators has been studied by using YPO₄:Ce,Nd as a model material. The Nd³⁺ ions act as efficient electron traps minimizing the role of intrinsic defects. Different Nd contents were considered in order to point out the correlation between the trap concentration and the detected RL efficiency dose dependence. RL measurements as a function of temperature clarified the role of the trap thermal stability in determining the shape and the magnitude of such effect. We propose also a model based on trap filling which is able to describe accurately the complex processes which are involved.