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Transient absorption spectra and relaxation kinetics in Nb-doped PbWO4 scintillating crystals

Donāts MillersLarisa GrigorjevaVladimir PankratovS. Chernov

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CrystallographyRadiationAbsorption spectroscopyChemistryKineticsUltrafast laser spectroscopyDopingRelaxation (physics)IrradiationAbsorption (electromagnetic radiation)InstrumentationMolecular physicsRecombination

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Abstract The spectra and relaxation kinetics of absorption induced by a pulsed electron beam were studied for undoped and Nb-doped PbWO 4 single crystals. A significant influence of Nb doping on transient absorption was found. The influence of Nb doping on the relaxation kinetics is proposed to be due to an oxygen vacancy involving electron–hole recombination. A delay was observed (35– 50 ns ) between the growth of F-centers and the irradiation pulse. A large portion of the F-centers decays within ∼16 μs due to recombination with mobile holes. The prolonged recombination processes are responsible for the decrease of the scintillation yield in PbWO 4 : Nb crystals.

https://doi.org/10.1016/s1350-4487(01)00079-8