Luminescence investigation of zinc molybdate single crystals

Abstract

Abstract Zinc molybdate is considered as an alternative to the sheelite‐type molybdate crystals for cryogenic scintillating bolometers. We report the results of the first investigation of the luminescent properties of bulk ZnMoO 4 single crystals grown by Czochralski method. The temperature dependence of the luminescence intensity under different excitation energies was studied, optical characteristics of zinc molybdate are presented. The potential of ZnMoO 4 single crystal as a scintillating material at low temperature is demonstrated. (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)