热红外光谱的石榴子石亚类识别方法

高光谱技术快速、无损、精确探测矿物,能够清楚的反映矿物化学成分的改变。石榴子石在热红外波段具有诊断性的三峰式特征。反射峰波长与化学成分关系密切,所以可以依据石榴子石在热红外波段的光谱特征开展其亚类分类研究。钙铬榴石和锰铝榴石反射峰位置易于与其他亚类区分,而铁铝榴石和镁铝榴石、钙铁榴石和钙铝榴石的反射峰位置有较大重叠区域,无法直接判别,因此亟需一种基于热红外光谱的快速、准确识别石榴子石亚类的分类方法。基于热红外光谱库中85个不同类型的石榴子石样本数据获取其3个反射峰位置及波长差值信息,利用非线性BP神经网络、聚类分析以及多元线性判别分析3种方法开展石榴子石亚类识别实验,并运用精确率、召回率和F1值进行分类精度评价。结果显示：BP神经网络算法分类的精确率、召回率和F1值均能达到100%,铁铝榴石和镁铝榴石、钙铁榴石和钙铝榴石得到很好地区分;聚类分析和多元线性判别分析分类的精确率、召回率和F1值分别为86.1%、80%和79.2%,84.2%、80%和79.5%,这两种方法对反射峰重叠的铁铝榴石和镁铝榴石、钙铁榴石和钙铝榴石分类效果不好,因此BP神经网络更适合石榴子石亚类识别。本研究利用BP神经网络强大的非线性自动映射能力,找到了石榴子石热红外谱段反射峰位置与亚类类型之间复杂的映射关系,证明了BP神经网络方法与热红外光谱特征结合使用的可行性与优越性,为石榴子石亚类识别提供了快速有效的技术支撑,同时为其他矿物的快速有效识别提供了良好的技术启示。     

Investigations of the optical spectra and spin-Hamiltonian parameters for the rhombic Yb centers in garnets

Two complete diagonalization (of energy matrix) methods (CDM-I and CDM-II) are used to calculate the six optical spectral band positions and nine spin-Hamiltonian (SH) parameters (g factors g_i and hyperfine structure constants ¹⁷¹A_i, ¹⁷³A_i, where i=x, y, z) for Yb³⁺ ions in the rhombic dodecahedral sites of garnets Y₃Al₅O₁₂, Lu₃Al₅O₁₂ and Y₃Ga₅O₁₂. In CDM-I, the Hamiltonian concerning energy matrix does not contain the Zeeman and hyperfine interaction terms, whereas in CDM-II, it does. So, in CDM-I, the SH parameters are obtained by first-order perturbation method or the equivalence between SH and Zeeman term (or hyperfine interaction term) and in CDM-II, the SH parameters and optical spectral band positions are calculated together. The results obtained from both methods are not only close to each other, but also in reasonable agreement with the observed values. So the second-order perturbation formulas of SH parameters developed recently are incorrect and unnecessary.     

Damage induced in garnets by heavy ion irradiations: a study by optical spectroscopies

The damage induced by heavy-ion irradiation has been studied in yttrium iron garnet (Y₃Fe₅O₁₂ or YIG) films, doped with Ca, Tb and Tm, grown by liquid-phase epitaxy on gadolinium gallium garnet (Gd₃Ga₅O₁₂ or GGG) substrates. Irradiations of doped-YIG epitaxial films and GGG substrates with 36-MeV ¹⁸³W and 12-MeV ¹⁹⁷Au ions were applied for fluences between 1 × 10¹³ and 3 × 10¹⁵ cm^–2 near room temperature. The radiation damage was monitored by micro-Raman spectroscopy and UV–visible optical absorption spectroscopy. Raman spectra revealed that amorphisation was achieved in YIG for both ions, whereas a high lattice disorder was induced in GGG without reaching amorphisation for the Au ion irradiation. Raman spectra also showed that a major damage of the tetrahedral sites was induced in GGG, as previously found for YIG. It is concluded that with such ions reaching the stopping power threshold of track formation in YIG and GGG the observed rate of amorphisation may result from a combination of electronic and nuclear energy losses as calculated using the unified thermal spike model.     

Photoluminescence of LLGG:Cr crystals under high pressure

We present photoluminescence spectra of La_2.7Lu_2.29Cr_0.01Ga₃O₁₂ and La_2.32Lu_2.59Cr_0.02Ga_3.07O₁₂ doped with Cr³⁺ obtained at high hydrostatic pressure up to 220 kbar, applied in a diamond anvil cell at 20 K and room temperature. In both materials we have obtained a pressure-induced ⁴T₂–²E electronic cross-over. On the basis of the low-temperature R line luminescence at pressures above 100 kbar we have distinguished two dominant Cr³⁺ sites: and β, existing in both materials, and one minor site δ, that exists only in La_2.32Lu_2.59Cr_0.02Ga_3.07O₁₂. The pressure-induced shifts of the R₁, R_1β and R_1δ lines as well as the pressure shift of the broad band related to the ⁴T₂→⁴A₂ transition in both materials have been estimated.     

Luminescence of excitons and antisite defects in the phosphors based on garnet compounds

Intrinsic emission (excitons, anti-site defects (AD)) of oxides with garnet structure has been analysed by means of investigation of the time resolved luminescence and decay kinetic spectra under excitation by the synchrotron and X-ray radiation at 10–300 K of the model objects: undoped single crystals and single crystalline films of Y₃Al₅O₁₂ and Lu₃Al₅O₁₂ garnets which are characterised by the significant differences in concentrations of AD Y_Al³⁺ and Lu_Al³⁺-types as analogs of cation isoelectronic impurities.     

Phase formation and characterization of Sr3Y2Ge3O12, Sr3In2Ge3O12, and Ca3Ga2Ge3O12 doped by trivalent europium

This work reports on the phase formation during a solid-state reaction of Eu³⁺-doped garnets with the general formula A₃B₂Ge₃O₁₂ (A=Ca, Sr and B=Ga, In, Y) and their luminescent properties. It is shown by XRD and DTA/TG experiments that the garnet-phase formation is completed at 1100-1200 °C. Moreover, it turned out that the position of the oxygen to europium charge-transfer band and the intensity of the forbidden 4f-4f transitions of Eu³⁺ is dependent on the covalent interaction between the Eu³⁺ activator and the surrounding oxygen anions. The investigated red-emitting luminescent materials show high lumen equivalents and deep red emission at the same time, which makes them attractive for the application in LEDs (light emitting diodes), in particular for near UV-emitting LEDs.     

Solid Electrolytes: Extremely Fast Charge Carriers in Garnet‐Type Li6La3ZrTaO12 Single Crystals

The development of all‐solid‐state electrochemical energy storage systems, such as lithium‐ion batteries with solid electrolytes, requires stable, electronically insulating compounds with exceptionally high ionic conductivities. Considering ceramic oxides, garnet‐type LiLaZrO and derivatives, see Zr‐exchanged LiLaZrTaO (LLZTO), have attracted great attention due to its high Li⁺ ionic conductivity of 10 S cm at ambient temperature. Despite numerous studies focussing on conductivities of powder samples, only few use time‐domain NMR methods to probe Li ion diffusion parameters in single crystals. Here we report on temperature‐variable NMR relaxometry measurements using both laboratory and spin‐lock techniques to probe Li jump rates covering a dynamic time window spanning several decades. Both techniques revealed a consistent picture of correlated Li ion jump diffusion in the single crystal; the data perfectly mirror a modified BPP‐type relaxation response being based on a Lorentzian‐shaped relaxation function. The rates measured could be parameterized with a single set of diffusion parameters. Results from NMR are completely in line with ion transport parameters derived from conductivity spectroscopy.     

Luminescence of defect centers in yttrium–aluminum garnet crystals

Spectral–kinetic properties of the 2.38 eV emission in neutron-irradiated and as-received yttrium aluminum garnet (Y₃Al₅O₁₂) crystals are investigated. This luminescence band as well as its lifetime and the temperature dependence are analyzed. It is suggested that the 2.38 eV luminescence band is due to the strongly allowed transition of the F⁺-center in garnet crystals. Possible reasons that may explain the observed temperature dependence of this emission intensity are discussed.     

The pressure response of Raman active phonon modes of Tm3Al5O12

Abstract

We present the Raman spectrum of Tm₃Al₅O₁₂ single crystal and its pressure dependence for hydrostatic pressure up to 11GPa and room temperature. Tm₃Al₅O₁₂ belongs to the crystal family of rare earth garnets (Re₃A1₂(AlO₄)₃, Re: Gd, Tb, Dy, Er,…), which crystallize in the body-centered cubic lattice and contains eight molecular units in the conventional unit cell, Group theory predicts 25 Raman active modes for these compounds, while experimentally are observed 15 modes. As crystal volume decreases all Raman peaks exhibit pressure coefficients varying from 0.7 to 5.6cm^?1/ GPa. A large part of the vibrational spectra of these compounds could be explained taking into account the vibrational properties of molecular subunits, namely AlO₄.     

Effects of high-temperature annealing on ESR properties of solid solutions of garnet minerals

A garnet (G7) silicate mineral belonging to pyralspite subgroup was studied using the technique of electron spin resonance (ESR). This study shows that iron is present in G7 as isolated species as well as species coupled by dipolar interactions. The ESR data shows a gradual increase of cluster of Fe³⁺ ions accompanied by decrease of dipolar interactions and increase of possible exchange interactions at high temperature. The Fe²⁺→Fe³⁺ oxidation process occurs in the garnets as a function of annealing temperature. Thermoluminescence (TL) peaks at approximately 190 and 340 °C are observed in the irradiated G7 garnet. Investigations using the technique of ESR were carried out to identify the centers involved in the TL process.