Title of article
Observation of cluster formation of rare earth ions in wide band gap fluorine dielectric crystals using transmission electron microscopy
Author/Authors
G. Draz?ic، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2004
Pages
5
From page
120
To page
124
Abstract
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 nmwere observed. This finding sets the limit in the value of the refractive index, and thus in the optical quality
of these crystals.
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Keywords
EDXS spectroscopy , TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY , Rare earth ions , Vacuum ultraviolet , Clusters , Nanonucleation
Journal title
Applied Surface Science
Serial Year
2004
Journal title
Applied Surface Science
Record number
999302
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