The nature of blue luminescence from natural benitoite BaTiSi3O9

Physics and Chemistry of Minerals

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 365-373

  Gaft, Michael ^a,d   Nagli, L ^b   Waychunas, G ^c   Weiss, D ^b  

^a International Technologies Lasers ITL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Benitoite; Blue luminescence; TiO6 centers

Indexed keywords

LUMINESCENCE; QUENCHING; THERMAL EFFECTS; TITANIUM OXIDES;

BENITOITE; ENERGY LEVEL; ENERGY MIGRATION; METASTABLE LEVEL;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS;

BENTONITE; LATTICE DYNAMICS; LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 17044366119     PISSN: 03421791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00269-004-0407-x     Document Type: Article

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