Optically and Thermally Stimulated Luminescence Characteristics of Cu1+-Doped Fused Quartz

1 January 1999

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Vol. 81 (1) , 5-10
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032570

Abstract

Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dosimetry measurements using Cu⁺-doped fused quartz are reported. The dose response to ⁶⁰Co ? rays is measured over the range of doses from 2.6 x 10^-6 to 5.2 x 10^-2 C.kg^-1 (10 mR to 200 R). The fading behaviour of the OSL traps and the thermoluminescence (TL) traps are found to be the same. Optical stimulation was found to have a significant effect on the TL glow curve. Spectral measurements of the photoluminescence, TL emission and OSL emission reveal that the Cu⁺ ions are the luminescence centres for radioactive recombination following the depopulation of both the TL and OSL traps. The results indicate that the TL and OSL traps in the Cu⁺-doped fused quartz are the same.

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