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NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS
Volume 306, Issue -, Pages 195-200Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2012.12.029
Keywords
Zinc gallate; Manganese; Local symmetry; Photoluminescence; Ionoluminescence
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- FCT [RECI/FIS-NAN/0183/2012, PEst-C/CTM/LA0025/2011, PTDC/CTM/100756/2008, SFRH/BD/90017/2012]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/90017/2012] Funding Source: FCT
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Cubic ZnGa2O4 fibres have been grown by the laser floating zone technique with different pulling rates. In fibres activated with manganese ions, the room temperature photo- and iono-luminescence is dominated by an intense green emission which is observed by the naked eye. The green band is due to an overlap of the T-4(1) -> (6)A(1) intraionic transitions of the Mn2+ ions in different sites in the gallate host. The fibres' photoluminescence spectra have been found to be dependent on the excitation energy. Additionally, the intensity of the green photo- and iono-luminescence is strongly sensitive to the measurement temperature and proton irradiation time. Micro PIXE analysis was used in order to verify the homogeneous distribution of the Mn luminescence activators and determine its concentration as well as for verification of impurity contents that may have been incorporated during the fibres growth. The potential of ionoluminescence measurements for characterization of optical materials is discussed. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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