Monazite-(Ce) (var. Dy doped) PL/Laser spectrum, 473 nm laser beam, Lenz <i>et al.</i> 2015

Monazite-(Ce) (var. Dy doped) PL/Laser spectrum, 473 nm laser beam, Lenz et al. 2015

Description	PL/Laser spectrum of Monazite-(Ce) (var. Dy doped)
Reference	Lenz et al. 2015 Lenz C., Nasdala L., Talla D., Hauzenberger C., Seitz R. & Kolitsch U. (2015). Laser-induced REE3+ photoluminescence of selected accessory minerals — An “advantageous artefact” in Raman spectroscopy. Chemical Geology, 415, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.09.001 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000925411530022X
Material	Monazite-(Ce) (var. Dy doped) [ CePO₄:Dy ] Monazite-(Ce) specimen from Norway © Photo by Penland, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Technique	Laser photoluminescence (PL)
Instrument	Horiba LabRam HR Evolution
Probe	473 nm laser beam
Det. technology	CCD, Si, Peltier cooled
Grating spacing	600 lines/mm
Numerical aperture	0.9
Channel count	12469
Energy range	1.116 … 2.61628 eV
Intensity range	100 (normalised intensity)
Lines	Dy³⁺ 2.5457 eV (13.4%), 2.6041 eV (20.9%), 2.16907 eV (100%), 2.13445 eV (65.8%), 2.16167 eV (31.3%), 2.1717 eV (18.5%), 2.15181 eV (20.3%), 2.13985 eV (9.1%), 2.18131 eV (13.7%), 2.17673 eV (4.8%), 1.88296 eV (12.1%), 1.87717 eV (8.3%), 1.8696 eV (6.8%), 1.88903 eV (7.1%), 1.90183 eV (4.8%), 1.8567 eV (3.5%), 1.85129 eV (1.3%), 1.92109 eV (1.3%), 1.65428 eV (24.1%), 1.6409 eV (15%), 1.65825 eV (12.8%), 1.64868 eV (4.2%), 1.66592 eV (3.7%)

Nominal composition of Monazite-(Ce) (var.Dy doped) [ CePO₄:Dy ].
Element	Atoms	At%	Wt%
Ce	~1	~16.67	~59.6
Dy	?	?	?
P	1	16.7	13.2
O	4	66.7	27.2

PL/Laser spectrum of Monazite-(Ce) (var. Dy doped)