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Paper No S10.4: Transmission Electron Microscope Study of Symmetry‐related Transitions in Cubic Y 2 O 3 :Tb 3+
Author(s) -
den Engelsen Daniel,
Fern George R.,
Ireland Terry G.,
Harris Paul G.,
Silver Jack
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sid symposium digest of technical papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2168-0159
pISSN - 0097-966X
DOI - 10.1002/sdtp.10521
Subject(s) - cathodoluminescence , transmission electron microscopy , excited state , electron microscope , lattice (music) , spectral line , materials science , electron , atomic physics , condensed matter physics , crystallography , chemistry , physics , optics , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , luminescence , quantum mechanics , acoustics
In this paper, we describe measurements of the cathodoluminescence of nanosized cubic Y 2 O 3 :Tb 3+ with a transmission electron microscope. From the CL‐spectra we determined the energy flow from excited Tb 3+ in a S 6 lattice site to Tb 3+ in a C 2 site.