Аннотация:The structural and luminescent properties of perspective scintillating ZnxMg1-xWO4 mixed
crystals were studied. The following characteristics were found to depend linearly on x value:
the energy of several vibrational modes detected by Raman spectroscopy, the bandgap width
deduced from the shift of the excitation spectrum onset of a self-trapped exciton (STE)
emission, the position of thermally stimulated luminescence peaks. It is also shown that the
thermal stability of the STE luminescence decreases gradually when x decreases. These data
indicate that each ZnxMg1-xWO4 mixed crystal is not a mixture of two constituents, but
possesses its original crystalline structure, as well as optical and luminescent properties.