X-ray-induced luminescence of SnO-SrO-B2O3 glasses prepared under different preparation conditions

Abstract

Since the physical properties and network structure of glass depend on the quenching process from the supercooled liquid state, it is expected that the luminescence of doped activators will also be dominated by the preparation condition. Here, we have investigated the structural and luminescent properties of 0.5SnO-24.5SrO-75B2O3 (SSB) glasses prepared under different preparation conditions. The X-ray-induced luminescences, such as scintillation, thermally stimulated luminescence, and optically stimulated luminescence, of the SSB glasses are affected by the cooling process with different rates of change. For the present SSB glasses, we have found that the rapid cooling process is effective for attaining high luminescent intensities in all measurements.