Monazite-(Ce) (var. Eu doped) PL/Laser spectrum, 532 nm laser beam, Lenz <i>et al.</i> 2015

Monazite-(Ce) (var. Eu doped) PL/Laser spectrum, 532 nm laser beam, Lenz et al. 2015

Description	PL/Laser spectrum of Monazite-(Ce) (var. Eu 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. Eu doped) [ CePO₄:Eu ] Monazite-(Ce) specimen from Norway © Photo by Penland, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Technique	Laser photoluminescence (PL)
Instrument	Horiba LabRAM HR
Probe	532 nm laser beam
Det. technology	CCD, Si, Peltier cooled
Grating spacing	600 lines/mm
Numerical aperture	0.9
Channel count	8381
Energy range	1.24003 … 2.16989 eV
Intensity range	100 (normalised intensity)
Lines	Eu³⁺ 1.75461 eV (4.3%), 1.77367 eV (51.6%), 1.78644 eV (34.7%), 1.7795 eV (31.3%), 1.79525 eV (14.2%), 1.80094 eV (32.7%), 1.80946 eV (90%), 1.89802 eV (8%), 1.90398 eV (6.8%), 1.90723 eV (5.3%), 1.99711 eV (38.5%), 2.0155 eV (22.3%), 2.02576 eV (28.9%), 2.10999 eV (100%), 2.0856 eV (73%), 2.09209 eV (24.8%)

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

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