Thermo- radio- and optically stimulated luminescence of Ce-doped KYF4 single crystals

J Marcazzó; L Camargo; N Martínez; E Caselli; M A Acosta; J G López; A Martínez Roldan; N M Khaidukov; M Santiago

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2019.06.010

Thermo- radio- and optically stimulated luminescence of Ce-doped KYF₄ single crystals

Appl Radiat Isot. 2019 Oct:152:1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2019.06.010. Epub 2019 Jun 8.

Authors

J Marcazzó¹, L Camargo², N Martínez², E Caselli², M A Acosta³, J G López³, A Martínez Roldan³, N M Khaidukov⁴, M Santiago²

Affiliations

¹ Instituto de Física Arroyo Seco (UNCPBA) and CIFICEN (UNCPBA - CICPBA - CONICET), Pinto 399, 7000, Tandil, Argentina. Electronic address: jmarcass@exa.unicen.edu.ar.
² Instituto de Física Arroyo Seco (UNCPBA) and CIFICEN (UNCPBA - CICPBA - CONICET), Pinto 399, 7000, Tandil, Argentina.
³ Facultad de Ciencias Exactas (UNCPBA), Pinto 399, 7000, Tandil, Argentina.
⁴ Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, RAS, Leninskii Prospekt 31, 119991, Moscow, Russia.

PMID: 31203094
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2019.06.010

Abstract

The goals of this work are to determine the luminescence properties of KYF₄ single crystals doped with different concentrations of Ce³⁺ ions and to evaluate their possible application as a detector of beta radiation. In particular, thermoluminiscence, radioluminiscence and optically stimulated luminescence properties of KYF₄: Ce³⁺ exposed to beta radiation have been studied and very good dosimetric properties have been obtained within the dose range 0.02-20 Gy.

Keywords: Dosimetry; KYF(4):Ce; Optically stimulated luminescence; Radioluminescence; Thermoluminescence.