Accumulation of color centers in lithium fluoride crystals under irradiation with swift lead projectiles

Autor: Ali Meftah, H. Benhacine, K. Schwartz, M.V. Sorokin
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 359:57-59
ISSN: 0168-583X
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2015.07.039
Popis: Lithium fluoride crystals were irradiated with lead ions of different energies, having the electronic energy loss of 10–20 keV/nm. Accumulation of F centers with fluence was studied by absorption UV–VIS spectroscopy. It was found that the average F-center concentration is mainly determined by the average absorbed energy density with a weak decrease above 10 23 eV/cm 3 . A defect accumulation model, taking into account the recombination processes, is proposed for a seamless description of the F-center concentration fluence dependences for various projectiles and energy losses.
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