Published March 15, 2004
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Journal article
Observation of cluster formation of rare earth ions in wide band gap fluorine dielectric crystals using transmission electron microscopy
Description
Transmission electron microscopy was used to investigate the cluster formation of trivalent rare earth (RE) ions in wide band gap dielectric crystal hosts with atomic resolution. Various defects and areas with variation in chemical composition with dimensions of ∼5 nm were observed. This finding sets the limit in the value of the refractive index, and thus in the optical quality of these crystals
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.apsusc.2003.11.009;
- PII
- S0169433203012455;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Applied Surface Science
- Journal Volume
- 226
- Journal Issue
- 1-3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 120-124
- ISSN
- 0169-4332
- CODEN
- ASUSEE
Conference
- Title
- Symposium F - Nanostructures from clusters
- Acronym
- E-MRS spring meeting 2003
- Dates
- 10-13 Jun 2003
- Place
- Strasbourgh (France)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 38091800
- Subject category
- S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTALS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FLUORINE; IONS; RARE EARTHS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- CHARGED PARTICLES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELEMENTS; HALOGENS; MATERIALS; METALS; MICROSCOPY; NONMETALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIONS
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.