Electron traps are known to a have great influence on the carriers transport process in Ce based scintillators. On the other hand, the role of hole traps in the scintillation process has been less considered. By means of electron spin resonance (ESR), we detected hole traps in highly Ce-doped LuAG:Ce,Mg ceramics in the form of σ-type O- centers. The g -tensor components turn out to be g⊥ = 2.0103, and g|| = 2.0023, revealing the axial symmetry of these defects. Mg-perturbed variants of O- centers are proposed to exist in LuAG:Ce,Mg. Their occurrence is related to an elongated Mg-O bond as evidenced by DFT calculations. Finally, the multiple role of O- centers in the scintillation process is discussed.

Hu, C., S. Liu, S., Fasoli, M., Vedda, A., Nikl, M., Feng, X., et al. (2015). O- centers in LuAG: Ce,Mg ceramics. PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI. RAPID RESEARCH LETTERS, 9(4), 245-249 [10.1002/pssr.201510047].

O- centers in LuAG: Ce,Mg ceramics

FASOLI, MAURO;VEDDA, ANNA GRAZIELLA;
2015

Abstract

Electron traps are known to a have great influence on the carriers transport process in Ce based scintillators. On the other hand, the role of hole traps in the scintillation process has been less considered. By means of electron spin resonance (ESR), we detected hole traps in highly Ce-doped LuAG:Ce,Mg ceramics in the form of σ-type O- centers. The g -tensor components turn out to be g⊥ = 2.0103, and g|| = 2.0023, revealing the axial symmetry of these defects. Mg-perturbed variants of O- centers are proposed to exist in LuAG:Ce,Mg. Their occurrence is related to an elongated Mg-O bond as evidenced by DFT calculations. Finally, the multiple role of O- centers in the scintillation process is discussed.
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hole traps, optical ceramics, garnet scintillators, electron spin resonance, density functional theory
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2015
9
4
245
249
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Hu, C., S. Liu, S., Fasoli, M., Vedda, A., Nikl, M., Feng, X., et al. (2015). O- centers in LuAG: Ce,Mg ceramics. PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI. RAPID RESEARCH LETTERS, 9(4), 245-249 [10.1002/pssr.201510047].
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