Abstract
AbstractThe optical absorption, thermoluminescence (TL), monochromatic TL, and TL spectra of potassium chloride crystals doped heavily with silver are measured after X‐irradiation at RT. The effect of optical bleaching on X‐irradiated crystals with light in the F, E, and B bands both, separately and together, as well as thermal annealing effects of the defect centres are studied. It is found that in the heavily doped crystals the role of holes in the form of doubly charged impurity ions (Ag++) is predominant compared to holes of the host lattice in the form of Cletc. The Ag ions stabilised only at cation sites in different valence states are involved in the recombination‐luminescence process. From the TL spectral data of the glow peaks preferential redistribution of the excess electron centres on optical bleaching is evident. The results support that tunnelling of electrons is responsible for the observed TL and TL spectral data.
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