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Ultraviolet Radiation Detector Based on Artificial Periclase Nanocrystals (MgO)

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We describe a method of ultraviolet radiation dosimetry based on recording the photostimulated transition Mn3+ + e− → Мn2+ in ultrafine magnesium oxide with a periclase crystal structure. It is shown that this photoeffect can be recorded using the method of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). The passive integrating ultraviolet detector (UV detector) is suggested to be developed on the basis of tubes with ultrafine magnesium oxide and through recording EPR lines of Mn2+ ions after these tubes are exposed to light. This new UV detector was tested in comparative estimation of layer-by-layer variations in the ultraviolet transparency of snow cover. It is discussed how the powder UV detector can be used in a passive monitoring of ultraviolet radiation incident on the Earth’s surface in the framework of studying the stability of tundra ecosystems under the conditions of stratospheric ozone depletion in the Arctic.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The experimental part of the work was carried out at Center for Collective Use Geonauka (Institute of Geology, Komi Scientific Center, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences).

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences and N.P. Yushkin Institute of Geology, Komi Scientific Center, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences.

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  1. V. E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 634055, Tomsk, Russia

    M. P. Tentyukov, B. D. Belan & D. V. Simonenkov

  2. Yushkin Institute of Geology, Komi Scientific Center, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 167982, Syktyvkar, Russia

    V. P. Lyutoev

  3. Pitirim Sorokin Syktyvkar State University, 167001, Syktyvkar, Russia

    M. P. Tentyukov & O. S. Golovataya

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Tentyukov, M.P., Lyutoev, V.P., Belan, B.D. et al. Ultraviolet Radiation Detector Based on Artificial Periclase Nanocrystals (MgO). Atmos Ocean Opt 35, 89–96 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856022010122

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