Zircon (var. Dy doped) PL/Laser spectrum, 532 nm laser beam, Lenz <i>et al.</i> 2015

Zircon (var. Dy doped) PL/Laser spectrum, 532 nm laser beam, Lenz et al. 2015

Description	PL/Laser spectrum of Zircon (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	Zircon (var. Dy doped) [ ZrSiO₄:Dy ] Zircon specimen from Alta, Finnmark, 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	9990
Energy range	1.32684 … 2.97551 eV
Intensity range	100 (normalised intensity)
Lines	Dy³⁺ 2.11947 eV (7.6%), 2.13351 eV (84.2%), 2.14017 eV (100%), 2.14777 eV (59.7%), 2.15353 eV (53.3%), 2.15854 eV (16.1%), 2.16872 eV (35.1%), 2.17421 eV (26.7%), 2.18194 eV (10.5%), 2.18677 eV (6%), 2.53705 eV (13.9%), 2.54643 eV (14.5%), 2.55142 eV (8%), 2.55789 eV (8%), 2.57044 eV (21%), 2.57701 eV (16.9%), 2.58992 eV (5.8%), 2.60165 eV (5.2%), 2.61459 eV (4.2%), 2.62056 eV (16.4%), 2.56493 eV (3.2%), 1.642 eV (5.2%), 1.8663 eV (4%), 1.8806 eV (3.2%), 1.8635 eV (3.2%), 1.8505 eV (2.9%), 1.8537 eV (2.8%), 1.8939 eV (1.4%)

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