Abstract
Thermally grown thin film and bulk crystals of lithium fluoride (LiF) were irradiated by swift heavy ions to understand the color center production mechanism and their transformation to more complex defects. These samples have been characterized by optical absorption and photoluminescence (PL) under 442 nm excitation at room temperature by HeCd laser. We observed that bulk crystals show relatively very intense PL bands at around 530 and 665 nm , which correspond to the emission of F 3 + and F 2 centers, respectively, as compared to the thin films at the same electronic excitation and ion fluence. Detailed study on bulk LiF has been performed at different electronic excitations and ion fluences for understanding the ion matter interaction under these dense electronic excitations.
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