Ion beam induced luminescence from diamond and other crystals from a nuclear microbeam

Abstract

Analysis of the luminescence induced by a MeV ion beam offers the potential to provide useful information about the chemical properties of atoms in crystals to complement the information provided by more traditional Ion Beam Analysis (IBA) such as Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry (RBS), ion channeling and Particle Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE). Furthermore, the large penetration depth of the MeV ion beam offers several advantages over the relatively shallow penetration of keV electrons typically employed in cathodoluminescence. We have developed an Ion Beam Induced Luminescence (IBIL) detection system for the Melbourne microprobe that allows the spatial mapping of the luminescence sign..