Physics Department, College of Science, Al Jouf University, P.O. Box 2014, Skaka, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Optical, Mechanical and Thermoluminescence properties of Single Aluminum Oxide crystal AL2O3 irradiated with heavy ions with energy about 1 MeV ion/amu are considered. The results will show that the optical absorption of the irradiated sample exhibits two peaks; a well resolved one at around 200 nm and another unresolved one around 260 nm. They will also show that the relative hardness increases with increasing ion doses and reaches a nearly constant value. The results will show that the Thermoluminescence exhibits different peaks at different temperatures for different ion doses.
Optical properties, Mechanical properties, Thermoluminescence, Heavy ion irradiation
