Experimental evidence for the aggregation of photostimulable centers in BaFBr:Eu2+single crystals by cross relaxation spectroscopy

Autor: Johann Martin Spaeth, F. K. Koschnick, W. G. McDugle, R. H. D. Nuttall, R. S. Eachus
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: Physical Review Letters. 67:3571-3574
ISSN: 0031-9007
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.67.3571
Popis: Spatial correlation between the activator ion ${\mathrm{Eu}}^{2+}$ and electron and hole traps generated by x irradiation is thought to play a decisive role in the photostimulated emission process of the storage phosphor BaFBr:${\mathrm{Eu}}^{2+}$. We report the first direct experimental evidence for correlations among F centers, hole centers, and ${\mathrm{Eu}}^{2+}$ obtained by measuring cross relaxation effects in optically detected paramagnetic resonance. BaFBr treated with the known procedures for removing oxygen still retains 50 ppm or more ${\mathrm{O}}^{2\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}}$. This ion is critically involved in the formation of F and hole centers.
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