Differentiation of natural and synthetic gem-quality diamonds by luminescence properties

Optical Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 243-251

  Lindblom, Joachim ^a   Hölsä, Jorma ^a   Papunen, Heikki ^a   Häkkänen, Heikki ^b   Mutanen, Jarkko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cathodoluminescence; Defects; Diamonds; Photoluminescence; Time resolved spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; DEFECTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

SYNTHETIC GEM-QUALITY;

SYNTHETIC DIAMONDS;

EID: 0141889901     PISSN: 09253467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-3467(03)00130-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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