Zircon (var. Tm doped) PL/Laser spectrum, 473 nm laser beam, Lenz <i>et al.</i> 2015

Zircon (var. Tm doped) PL/Laser spectrum, 473 nm laser beam, Lenz et al. 2015

Description	PL/Laser spectrum of Zircon (var. Tm 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	Zircon (var. Tm doped) [ ZrSiO₄:Tm ] Zircon specimen from Alta, Finnmark, 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	9079
Energy range	1.31446 … 2.6087 eV
Intensity range	100 (normalised intensity)
Lines	Tm³⁺ 2.56906 eV (100%), 2.60539 eV (40.5%), 2.5622 eV (29.6%), 1.85544 eV (18%), 1.86789 eV (12.5%), 1.8938 eV (31%), 1.88956 eV (18.1%), 1.90045 eV (6%), 1.91579 eV (32.7%), 1.95364 eV (4.7%), 1.93206 eV (9.9%), 1.92847 eV (2.7%), 1.93605 eV (1.8%), 1.98427 eV (1.4%), 1.9675 eV (0.6%), 1.88113 eV (2.3%), 1.56775 eV (37.6%), 1.57193 eV (5.8%), 1.55359 eV (14.3%), 1.55088 eV (3.3%), 1.52949 eV (2.8%), 1.58698 eV (9.2%), 1.59785 eV (8.8%), 1.59342 eV (3.9%), 1.64508 eV (1.8%), 1.6309 eV (1.3%)

Nominal composition of Zircon (var.Tm doped) [ ZrSiO₄:Tm ].
Element	Atoms	At%	Wt%
Zr	1	16.7	49.8
Si	1	16.7	15.3
O	4	66.7	34.9