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

Measurement details

Description PL/Laser spectrum of Zircon (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 Zircon (var. Eu doped) [ ZrSiO4:Eu ]
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 10197
Energy range 1.24 … 2.6092 eV
Intensity range 100 (normalised intensity)
Lines Eu3+ 1.75277 eV (75.4%), 1.76824 eV (100%), 2.09754 eV (41%), 2.10597 eV (14.1%), 2.09964 eV (11.3%), 2.09231 eV (21.8%), 2.08858 eV (11.6%), 2.07748 eV (23.3%), 2 — 2.025 eV (9.7%)

Composition

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

Measurement spectrum

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