Principal and secondary luminescence lifetime components in annealed natural quartz

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-4

  Chithambo, M L ^a   Ogundare, F O ^b   Feathers, J ^c  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Luminescence lifetimes; Quartz; Time resolved stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ANNEALING; IRRADIATION; LUMINESCENCE; QUENCHING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LUMINESCENCE LIFETIMES; PARTICULAR RECOMBINATION CENTRE; TIME-RESOLVED STIMULATION;

QUARTZ;

EID: 40649088867     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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