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AG, TL, and IRSL dosimetric properties in X‐ray irradiated HPHT diamond crystals
Author(s) -
GilTolano M. I.,
Meléndrez R.,
LancherosOlmos J. C.,
Castaneda B.,
SotoPuebla D.,
Chernov V.,
PedrozaMontero M.,
BarbozaFlores M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
physica status solidi (a)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.532
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1862-6319
pISSN - 1862-6300
DOI - 10.1002/pssa.201431227
Subject(s) - thermoluminescence , materials science , irradiation , analytical chemistry (journal) , afterglow , thermal treatment , optically stimulated luminescence , diamond , luminescence , radioluminescence , radiochemistry , mineralogy , optics , chemistry , optoelectronics , scintillator , composite material , physics , gamma ray burst , chromatography , astronomy , detector , nuclear physics
HPHT diamonds have been studied for several years for their potential in different applications. In previous studies it has been found that the thermoluminescence (TL) glow curves of “as‐grown” HPHT diamonds are non‐reproducible. In this work, we study the afterglow (AG), thermoluminescent (TL), and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) response of commercial samples of synthetic HPHT type‐Ib diamond crystals exposed to X‐ray irradiation (0.75 mA, 35 kV) at a dose rate of 0.624 Gy/s, after a high gamma ( 60 Co) dose irradiation of 500 kGy followed by a thermal treatment at 1073 K for 1 h in nitrogen atmosphere. Deconvolution of the TL glow curves shows four peaks, located around 379, 509, 561, and 609 K. The crystals exhibit evident AG recorded for 300 s immediately after X‐ray irradiation, due to the thermal emptying of the traps responsible for the low‐temperature TL peaks (below 400 K). The stimulation of irradiated crystals with 870‐nm light, creates pronounced OSL and destroys all TL peaks with the exception of the high‐temperature peak at 609 K. The dose responses of the integrated AG, TL, and OSL are linear in the range of 0.6–5 Gy and saturated at higher doses. The reproducibility of AG, TL, and OSL measurements is about 5%. The fading in the first hour of storage in dark conditions at RT of TL signal of HPHT diamond is mainly associated to the emptying of the traps responsible for the 379‐K TL peaks.