TY - JOUR
T1 - Optical reflectivity of ion-irradiated cerium dioxide sinters
AU - Costantini, Jean Marc
AU - Lelong, Gérald
AU - Guillaumet, Maxime
AU - Gourier, Didier
AU - Takaki, Seiya
AU - Ishikawa, Norito
AU - Watanabe, Hideo
AU - Yasuda, Kazuhiro
PY - 2019/11/7
Y1 - 2019/11/7
N2 - Reflection spectra of cerium dioxide sintered samples were measured in the UV-visible range after irradiation with various heavy ions (2.4-MeV Cu, 5-MeV W, 10-MeV W, 36-MeV W, 100-MeV Kr, and 200-MeV Xe). Differential reflectance spectra of irradiated samples after subtraction of the reference sample spectrum are fit with six broad Gaussian bands centered at about 1.2, 2.2, 2.8, 4.0, 4.8, and 6.2 eV. The growth curves of most bands show a saturation behavior vs ion fluence. Reflection spectra are consistent with the UV-visible absorption spectra of electron-irradiated ceria single crystals for photon energies lower than 3.2 eV, corresponding to the optical gap. The spectra are tentatively analyzed on the basis of charge transfer bands and the 4f-5d transitions related to the Ce3+ ions in the distorted environment formed by irradiation. More insight into defect formation is given by the reflection spectra rather than the absorption ones due to the limitation in the absorption of the optical gap. These data are also discussed with reference to the radiation damage processes by electronic excitations and nuclear collisions in ceria.
AB - Reflection spectra of cerium dioxide sintered samples were measured in the UV-visible range after irradiation with various heavy ions (2.4-MeV Cu, 5-MeV W, 10-MeV W, 36-MeV W, 100-MeV Kr, and 200-MeV Xe). Differential reflectance spectra of irradiated samples after subtraction of the reference sample spectrum are fit with six broad Gaussian bands centered at about 1.2, 2.2, 2.8, 4.0, 4.8, and 6.2 eV. The growth curves of most bands show a saturation behavior vs ion fluence. Reflection spectra are consistent with the UV-visible absorption spectra of electron-irradiated ceria single crystals for photon energies lower than 3.2 eV, corresponding to the optical gap. The spectra are tentatively analyzed on the basis of charge transfer bands and the 4f-5d transitions related to the Ce3+ ions in the distorted environment formed by irradiation. More insight into defect formation is given by the reflection spectra rather than the absorption ones due to the limitation in the absorption of the optical gap. These data are also discussed with reference to the radiation damage processes by electronic excitations and nuclear collisions in ceria.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.5100582
DO - 10.1063/1.5100582
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85074685020
VL - 126
JO - Journal of Applied Physics
JF - Journal of Applied Physics
SN - 0021-8979
IS - 17
M1 - 5100582
ER -