Factors affecting the Nd³⁺ (REE³⁺) luminescence of minerals

Author(s)

Christoph Lenz, Dominik Talla, Katja Ruschel, Radek Skoda, Jens Götze, Lutz Nasdala

Abstract

In this paper, possibilities and limits of the application of REE3+ luminescence (especially the Nd3+ 4F3/2 → 4I9/2 emission) as structural probe are evaluated. Important factors controlling the Nd3+ luminescence signal are discussed, including effects of the crystal-field, crystal orientation, structural state, and temperature. Particular attention was paid to the study of the accessory minerals zircon (ZrSiO4), xenotime-(Y) (YPO4), monazite-(Ce) (CePO4) and their synthetic analogues. Based on these examples we review in short that (1) REE3+ luminescence can be used as non-destructive phase identification method, (2) the intensities of certain luminescence bands are strongly influenced by crystal orientation effects, and (3) increased widths of REE3+-related emission bands are a strong indicator for structural disorder. We discuss the potential of luminescence spectroscopy, complementary to Raman spectroscopy, for the quantitative estimation of chemical (and potentially also radiation-induced) disorder. For the latter, emissions of Nd3+-related centres are found to be promising candidates.

Organisation(s)

Department of Mineralogy and Crystallography

External organisation(s)

Masaryk University, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg

Journal

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volume

107

Pages

415-428

No. of pages

14

ISSN

0930-0708

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-013-0286-2

Publication date

06-2013

Peer reviewed

Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

1030 Physics, Astronomy, 105116 Mineralogy

Keywords

Portal url

https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/factors-affecting-the-nd3-ree3-luminescence-of-minerals(72752762-9213-4a1a-aa2f-e3dbd9b7e36d).html