PHOTO-AND THERMOSTIMULATED LUMINESCENCE OF BaFCl:Sm CRYSTALS

The valence changes of doped samarium and the creation as well as the annihilation of F-centers in the processes of thermostimulated luminescence (TSL) and photostimulated luminescence (PSL) of BaFCl∶Sm crystal have been studied. As being irradiated by X-ray,a large number of electron-hole pairs are created in the crystal.Most of the electrons may be trapped at the anion vacancies,producing F-centers.The doped samarium ions,which existed mostly in trivalent state (Sm^(3+)),may capture the holes and convert themselves to tetravalent state.So that part of the incident X-ray energy are stored in this nonequilibrium system.On optical and thermal stimulation the stored energy can be liberated as a characteristic emission of trivalent samarium ion.This emission originates from the recombination of the F-center electrons with tetravalent samarium ions,i.e.the F-center electrons may be excited to the conduction band by optical or thermal stirnulation and then recombine with tetravalent samarium ions.This recombination makes the samarium ions to be in situ reduced to the excited state of Sm^(3+),and gives rise to the characteristic emission of Sm^(3+). On the other hand,during X-irradiation a few electrons can be trapped at the sites of trivalent samarium ions and reduce them to divalent state.But the formation of divalent samarium On X-irradiation is very small as compared with that of F-centers and so their influence on the PSL and TSL can be neglected.

High temperature-thermostimulated luminescence of BaFBr: Eu^(2+)

In ref.[1] we reported the high temperature （from room temperature to 773K）thermostimulated luminescence （TSL） of BaFC1: Eu2+ crystals. Three new glow peaks werefound and assigned to be caused, respectively, by F2, F3 and F4 centers which were theaggregates of F centers. Meanwhile, the high temperature TSL of BaFBr:Eu2+ crystals