The thermoluminescence (TL) emission spectra from LiF TL materials, called KLT-300 (LiF:Mg,Cu,Na,Si) with various dopant concentrations are measured and analysed. These KLT-300 materials were developed by the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) to achieve an enhancement of the thermal stability in TL readings. Six types of samples are prepared with different dopant concentrations in the following ranges; Mg (0-0.20 mol%), Cu (0-0.05 mol%), Na and Si (0-0.9 mol%). The spectra measurements are carried out for the six types of samples using a TL emission spectra measurement device. The spectra measurement device consists of a monochromator, photomultiplier tube and temperature control unit to thermally stimulate the samples. The measured data shows the light emission during heating of the sample as a function of temperature and wavelength (three-dimensional TL spectra). The spectra were analysed using a method of deconvolution based on gaussian curve. The wavelength of a main peak of the emission spectra changes depending on the existence of the Cu dopant, while intensity of the spectra rapidly changes with the Cu dopant concentrations. The 385 nm emission is mainly observed in all the spectra from the samples with the Cu dopant, but in those from the samples without the Cu dopant a very weak 401 nm emission is mainly observed. However, any change in the wavelength at a main peak of the TL emission spectra from the sample materials with Na and Si dopants is not observed but that in the intensity at a peak of the spectra is observed.
Three-dimensional thermoluminescence (TL) spectra based on temperature, wavelength and intensity for newly developed LiF:Mg,Cu,Na,Si TL material at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) were measured and analysed. The glow curves were obtained by integration of luminescence intensity over all wavelengths at each temperature, and various trapping parameters related to the traps were determined by analysing these curves. A computerised glow curve deconvolution (CGCD) method which was based on the general order kinetics (GOK) model was used for the glow curve analysis. The glow curves of LiF:Mg,Cu,Na,Si TL material were deconvoluted to six isolated glow curves which have peak temperatures at 333, 374, 426, 466, 483 and 516 K. The main glow peak of peak temperature at 466 K had activation energy of 2.06 eV and a kinetic order of 1.05. This TL material was also found to have three recombination centres, 1.80 eV, 2.88 eV and 3.27 eV by analysis of the TL spectra.
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