Zircon (var. Er doped) PL/Laser spectrum, 488 nm laser beam, Lenz <i>et al.</i> 2015

Zircon (var. Er doped) PL/Laser spectrum, 488 nm laser beam, Lenz et al. 2015

Description	PL/Laser spectrum of Zircon (var. Er 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. Er doped) [ ZrSiO₄:Er ] Zircon specimen from Alta, Finnmark, Norway © Photo by Penland, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Technique	Laser photoluminescence (PL)
Probe	488 nm laser beam
Det. technology	CCD, Si, Peltier cooled
Channel count	6457
Energy range	1.31416 … 2.55313 eV
Intensity range	100 (normalised intensity)
Lines	Er³⁺ 1.437 eV (79.8%), 1.4426 eV (67.5%), 1.4482 eV (25.5%), 1.4545 eV (24.7%), 1.4595 eV (73.6%), 1.4626 eV (51.5%), 1.4662 eV (41.3%), 1.8797 eV (22.6%), 1.8896 eV (18.5%), 1.8494 eV (14%), 1.8969 eV (13.9%), 1.8855 eV (17.1%), 1.902 eV (9.3%), 1.8621 eV (13.2%), 2.3631 eV (16.8%), 2.2229 eV (100%), 2.2291 eV (85.8%), 2.234 eV (74.7%), 2.2392 eV (81.3%), 2.2508 eV (45.9%), 2.2791 eV (63.8%), 2.2741 eV (93%), 2.2701 eV (68.8%), 2.2672 eV (55.5%)

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