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Optical Spectroscopy study of Type 1 natural and synthetic sapphires
- Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Low iron, pale blue natural and synthetic sapphire samples were studied by low temperature absorption and luminescence spectroscopy. For comparison, a bicolour pink and blue corundum from Vietnam was also considered. From radioluminescence and photoluminescence excitation spectra of both Cr 3+ and Ti3+, experimental evidence was obtained for attributing an absorption band at 17 500cm-1, currently interpreted as intervalence charge transfer, to overlapping crystal field transitions of Cr3+ and Ti3+. An important role was also proposed for Cr2+; indeed, it is possible to propose that the colour of pale blue sapphires is mainly determined by chromium in its two valence states while Ti3+ and Fe3+ have a minor role. © IOP Publishing Ltd.
- Subjects :
- Photoluminescence
Absorption spectroscopy
Chemistry
Analytical chemistry
Corundum
engineering.material
Intervalence charge transfer
Condensed Matter Physics
impurity ions, color
FIS/01 - FISICA SPERIMENTALE
Absorption band
engineering
Sapphire
General Materials Science
Photoluminescence excitation
Spectroscopy
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....69b2dad5afe664cda0b98c9404f3e582