Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1881864 | Radiation Measurements | 2008 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Impurity-interstitial dipoles in calcium fluoride solutions with Al3+Al3+, Yb3+Yb3+ and La3+La3+ fluorides were studied using the thermally stimulated depolarization current (TSDC) technique. The dipolar complexes are formed by substitutional trivalent ions in Ca2+Ca2+ sites and interstitial fluorine in nearest neighbor sites. The relaxations observed at 150 K are assigned to dipoles nnRS3+– Fi- (RS=LaRS=La or Yb). The purpose of this work is to study the processes of energy storage in the fluorides following X-ray and gamma irradiation. Computer modelling techniques are used to obtain the formation energy of dipole defects.
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Authors
L.O. Arantes, R.B. Ferreira, R.P.M. Carvalhaes, A.R. Blak,