THERMOLUMINESCENCE AND TRANSMISSION RECOVERY OF GAMMA-IRRADIATED BI4GE3O12 SINGLE-CRYSTAL

Authors
SABHARWAL SC PRASAD H DESAI DG",SANGEETA,"KARANDIKAR SC GUPTA MK
Citation
Sc. Sabharwal et al., THERMOLUMINESCENCE AND TRANSMISSION RECOVERY OF GAMMA-IRRADIATED BI4GE3O12 SINGLE-CRYSTAL, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 329(1-2), 1993, pp. 179-182
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
329
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
179 - 182
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1993)329:1-2<179:TATROG>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The changes induced by gamma-ray irradiation in the optical transmissi on of some undoped and impurity doped BGO crystals are investigated. T he stoichiometric deviations and the presence of Fe-ions in the crysta l lattice have been found to affect the thermoluminescent emission and transmission recovery at room temperature. A good control over the cr ystal stoichiometry is found necessary to realise crystals of high rad iation hardness and exhibiting a good transmission recovery. For the s toichiometric crystals prepared, the observed loss of transmission for an exposure of 116 Mrad is about 4%.