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Thermal- and photo-induced transformations of luminescence centers in αd-Al2O3 anion-defective crystals

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The thermal- and photo-induced transformations of luminescence centers in anion-defective crystals of α-Al2O3 have been investigated. It has been found that the exposure of crystals to ultraviolet light at temperatures in the range 50–900°C leads to substantial changes in their thermoluminescence and radioluminescence spectra. According to the optical absorption and photoluminescence data, the detected F-type centers have been identified and the temperature ranges of the F → F + → F 2 transformations and their possible mechanisms have been determined. The special attention has been drawn to the detailed similarity in the formation of complex F 2-type centers in the initially perfect α-Al2O3 crystals irradiated with fast neutrons and in the studied anion-defective crystals.

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  1. Yeltsin Ural Federal University (Ural state Technical University-UPI), ul. Mira 19, Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russia

    S. V. Solov’ev & I. I. Milman

  2. Institute of Industrial Ecology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Sof’i Kovalevskoi 20a, Yekaterinburg, 620219, Russia

    A. I. Syurdo

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Original Russian Text © S.V. Solov’ev, I.I. Milman, A.I. Syurdo, 2012, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2012, Vol. 54, No. 4, pp. 683–690.

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Solov’ev, S.V., Milman, I.I. & Syurdo, A.I. Thermal- and photo-induced transformations of luminescence centers in αd-Al2O3 anion-defective crystals. Phys. Solid State 54, 726–734 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783412040270

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