SELECTIVE PRODUCTION OF AGGREGATE CENTERS IN LIF CRYSTALS BY IONIZING-RADIATIONS

Authors
BALDACCHINI G DENICOLA E GIUBILEO G MENCHINI F MESSINA G MONTEREALI RM SCACCO A
Citation
G. Baldacchini et al., SELECTIVE PRODUCTION OF AGGREGATE CENTERS IN LIF CRYSTALS BY IONIZING-RADIATIONS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 141(1-4), 1998, pp. 542-546
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Instument & Instrumentation","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical","Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms → ACNP
ISSN journal
0168583X
Volume
141
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
542 - 546
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(1998)141:1-4<542:SPOACI>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Optical absorption and photoluminescence spectra have been measured in LIF crystals colored for the first time with 5 MeV electrons. The mea surements show that this kind of irradiation reduces (much more than g amma-rays) the production of complex aggregate defects with respect to that of F-3(+) and F-2 centers. Moreover, the laser active F-3(+) cen ters can be preferentially created in place of F-2 centers by decreasi ng the irradiation temperature. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rig hts reserved.