Cathodoluminescence microscopy and spectroscopy of synthetic ruby crystals grown by the optical floating zone technique

American Mineralogist

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 449-455

  Guguschev, Christo ^a,c   Götze, Jens ^a   Göbbels, Matthias ^b  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR CRYSTAL GROWTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

CL; Crystal growth; Floating zone technique; Quantitative cathodoluminescence; Rubies

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CHLORINE; CORUNDUM; CRYSTAL GROWTH; RUBY;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLOATING ZONE TECHNIQUE; INTENSITY OF THE BEAM; MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL FLOATING ZONE METHODS; OPTICAL FLOATING ZONES; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHROMIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CHROMIUM; CORUNDUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MICROSCOPY; ORIENTATION; RUBY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77950903969     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2010.3291     Document Type: Article

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