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Thermally stimulated depolarization current of monovalent copper ions in calcium fluoride

Published inRadiation effects and defects in solids, vol. 135, no. 15, p. 121-123
Publication date1995
Abstract

Thermally stimulated depolarization current (TSDC) measurements of CaF2:Cu+ samples show three different dipolar relaxation bands, with temperature peaks at 52, 144 and 187 K. The two higher temperature bands are more intense and reveal the presence of Cu+ in probably two different lattice sites. The band at 144 K suggests it is related to the Cu+ off-center effect, observed through an optical absorption at 328 nm, and it is likely temperature independent. To this Cu+ off-center effect it is also associated an impurity-vacancy defect, that result from needed charge compensation in CaF2. The observed TSDC band at 187 K is attributed to Cui+—Fi- pair, both ions in interstitial positions. The weakest TSDC at 52 K is assumed to be from a low un-intentional Mn2+ doping, sitting in an off-center substitutional position. It is proposed a model to explain the several positions available for the substitutional Cu+ that response for the TSDC result.

Keywords
  • Alkali halides
  • Calcium fluoride
  • Copper impurity
  • Dielectric relation
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OLIVEIRA, L. et al. Thermally stimulated depolarization current of monovalent copper ions in calcium fluoride. In: Radiation effects and defects in solids, 1995, vol. 135, n° 15, p. 121–123. doi: 10.1080/10420159508229819
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