Thermally stimulated luminescence of undoped and Ce3+-doped Gd2SiO5 and (Lu,Gd)2SiO5 single crystals

Abstract Thermally stimulated luminescence (TSL) characteristics (TSL glow curves and TSL spectra) are investigated in the 4–520 K temperature range for the single crystals of gadolinium and lutetium–gadolinium oxyorthosilicates X-ray irradiated at 4 K, 8 K, or 80 K. The nominally undoped Gd2SiO5 and (Lu,Gd)2SiO5 crystals, containing traces of Ce3+, Tb3+, and Eu3+ ions, and Ce3+-doped Gd2SiO5 and (Lu,Gd)2SiO5 crystals are studied. For the first time, the TSL glow curves of these materials are measured separately for the electron (intrinsic, Ce3+- or Tb3+-related) and hole (Eu3+-related) recombination luminescence, and the TSL glow curve peaks, arising from thermal decay of various electron …