Radioluminescence, low temperature thermoluminescence and scintillation properties of Ca and Eu doped ZnWO4 single crystals

Abstract

In this work, radioluminescence, low temperature thermoluminescence, and light yield of ZnWO4, ZnWO4:Ca, and ZnWO4:Ca, Eu single crystals is reported. It is shown that although the single doping with Ca improves, in a limited scope, the scintillation properties of the studied material, it is not the case with the double doping with Ca and Eu. The values of light yield and energy resolution of the investigated ZnWO4:Ca, Eu samples are clearly worse compared to either ZnWO4 or ZnWO4:Ca. The X-ray excited spectra of all the crystals, dominated by the intrinsic luminescence, unveil a strong decrease of intensity from 10 to 350 K; the addition of Eu does not improve this property. Furthermore, the presence of Eu strongly influences the low temperature glow curves, i. a. by introducing a distinct peak close to 150 K.