Radiation Effects in Dielectric Materials.

Abstract

A nonlinearity observed in the radiation-induced conductivity versus dose rate plot for a Czochralski sapphire sample is interpreted in terms of a trapping level which is filled early in the pulse at high dose rates but is never completely filled at the low dose rates, thus causing an apparent superlinear dependence of the radiation-induced conductivity. A sample of stoichiometric (MgO . Al2O3) single crystal spinel shows strong trapping at room temperature and a long delayed conductivity component with time constant of approximately 2.3 msec. It is speculated that this trap may be the V1 center, a Mg(+) vacancy observed at elevated temperatures in single crystal MgO. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0857136

Entities

People

  • John W. Harrity

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Conductivity
  • Crystals
  • Dielectrics
  • Dose Rate
  • Materials
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Effects
  • Single Crystals

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.