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OSL Characteristics of Cu Activated NaLi2po4 Phosphor


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1 Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India
 

Cu-activated NaLi2po4 phosphor material was successfully synthesized through solid state diffusion method. It was mainly doped with Cu2Cl2 and CuCl2 salts for impurities in the form of Cu+ and Cu2+ respectively. Powder X-ray Diffraction (PXRD) was carried out for the confirmation of single phase of synthesized phosphor material. Dosimetric properties of the material were investigated using the Optically Stimulated (OSL) techniques. We have found maximum sensitivity of Cu2+: NaLi2po4 samples at concentration 1000ppm (0.1 mol%) in OSL with annealing temperatures 1073K. Whereas for Cu+: NaLi2po4 samples, 873K was considered as the optimization annealing temperature with impurity concentrations 0.08mol%. The phosphor material exhibits good dosimetric characteristics. It was found that NaLi2po4:Cu2+ is little less (3 times) and NaLi2po4: Cu+ is 4.2 times less sensitive than that of STD. Al2O3:C (Landauer Inc., USA) respectively. For further OSL studies only NaLi2po4:Cu2+ used. Low TL fading, forNaLi2po4:Cu+, only 10.74% fading takes place in 10days after that it negligibly fade. Also, wide OSL dose response (10-15kGy), easy optically bleaching for reusability and easy to handle are some of the other significant qualities observed in our samples. Simple method of preparation and tissue equivalence (Zeff~10.8) adds on the advantages of NaLi2po4: Cu phosphor. This type of phosphor is also suitable for high energy radiation dosimetry used in OSL techniques.

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Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL), Dosimetry, Phosphor, Solid State Diffusion, NaLi2po4: Cu, Sensitivity, Reusability, Optically Bleaching.
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Bhuli Bai
Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India
P. D. Sahare
Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India

Abstract


Cu-activated NaLi2po4 phosphor material was successfully synthesized through solid state diffusion method. It was mainly doped with Cu2Cl2 and CuCl2 salts for impurities in the form of Cu+ and Cu2+ respectively. Powder X-ray Diffraction (PXRD) was carried out for the confirmation of single phase of synthesized phosphor material. Dosimetric properties of the material were investigated using the Optically Stimulated (OSL) techniques. We have found maximum sensitivity of Cu2+: NaLi2po4 samples at concentration 1000ppm (0.1 mol%) in OSL with annealing temperatures 1073K. Whereas for Cu+: NaLi2po4 samples, 873K was considered as the optimization annealing temperature with impurity concentrations 0.08mol%. The phosphor material exhibits good dosimetric characteristics. It was found that NaLi2po4:Cu2+ is little less (3 times) and NaLi2po4: Cu+ is 4.2 times less sensitive than that of STD. Al2O3:C (Landauer Inc., USA) respectively. For further OSL studies only NaLi2po4:Cu2+ used. Low TL fading, forNaLi2po4:Cu+, only 10.74% fading takes place in 10days after that it negligibly fade. Also, wide OSL dose response (10-15kGy), easy optically bleaching for reusability and easy to handle are some of the other significant qualities observed in our samples. Simple method of preparation and tissue equivalence (Zeff~10.8) adds on the advantages of NaLi2po4: Cu phosphor. This type of phosphor is also suitable for high energy radiation dosimetry used in OSL techniques.

Keywords


Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL), Dosimetry, Phosphor, Solid State Diffusion, NaLi2po4: Cu, Sensitivity, Reusability, Optically Bleaching.

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