DEFECTS AND RADIATION INDUCED ELECTRONIC PROCESSES IN MAGNESIUM ALUMINATE SPINEL OF DIFFERENT COMPOSITIONS

Author: GRITSYNA V. T.   KAZARINOV Y u. G.   KOBYAKOV V. A.   SICKAFUS K. E.  

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

ISSN: 1042-0150

Source: Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids, Vol.157, Iss.6-12, 2002-01, pp. : 659-663

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Abstract

The time dependence of the formation and decay of irradiation-induced optical absorption centers in magnesium aluminate spinel single crystals of different compositions (MgOċ1.0Al2O3 and MgOċ2.5Al2O3) was investigated. The kinetics of accumulation of X-ray irradiation-induced absorption bands is consistent with the mechanism of trap filling with free charge carriers through the conduction band. The model includes Coulomb blocking effects on spatially correlated defects. The observed two-stage decay of absorption bands after termination of X-ray irradiation is explained by electron hole recombination between centers of two different distances and/or different potential barriers. UV-irradiation confirms the existence of charge exchange between complex spatially correlated defects.