Photoluminescence and optical transmission of diamond and its imitators

Victor F. Tarasenko; Eugenii I. Lipatov; Sergei M. Avdeev

doi:10.1117/12.878876

15 November 2010 Photoluminescence and optical transmission of diamond and its imitators

Victor F. Tarasenko, Eugenii I. Lipatov, Sergei M. Avdeev

Proceedings Volume 7751, XVIII International Symposium on Gas Flow, Chemical Lasers, and High-Power Lasers; 77511F (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.878876
Event: 18th International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High Power Lasers, 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria

Abstract

Photoluminescence and optical transmission spectra of several samples of natural and synthetic diamond and its imitators - fianite and corundum - are investigated. The band-A of luminescence at 440 nm, the vibronic N3 system of luminescence and absorption at 415.2 nm, the fundamental absorption edge at 225 nm, and the secondary absorption below 308 nm are the main identifying markers of natural diamonds. For synthetic diamonds, however, such identifying markers are the exciton luminescence at 235 nm, the band-A, and the fundamental absorption edge. Fianites can be identified by the structureless wide band at 500 nm and the wide transmission band in the entire visible range. Colored corundum samples with chrome impurities emit the narrow line at 693 nm and show the absorption band in the 500-600 nm spectral range. A new method for diamond express identification is developed on the basis of measurement of photoluminescence and optical transmission spectra of the samples. It is shown that a diamond tester can be designed combining a spectrometer and a KrCl-excilamp radiating at 222 nm.

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Victor F. Tarasenko, Eugenii I. Lipatov, and Sergei M. Avdeev "Photoluminescence and optical transmission of diamond and its imitators", Proc. SPIE 7751, XVIII International Symposium on Gas Flow, Chemical Lasers, and High-Power Lasers, 77511F (15 November 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.878876

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