Micromechanical Properties of Gd3Ga5O12 Crystals Irradiated with Swift Heavy Ions


Мікромеханічні властивості кристалів Gd3Ga5O12, опромінених швидкими важкими іонами
Aralbayeva G.M. Manika I. Karipbayev Zh. Suchikova Y. Kovachov S. Sugak D. Popov A.I.
2023Sumy State University

Journal of Nano- and Electronic Physics
2023#15Issue 5

This study investigated the optical absorption and mechanical behavior of Gd3Ga5O12 (GGG) single crystals exposed to fast 84 Kr ions at fluences ranging from 1013 to 1014 ion/cm2. We observed that the optical absorption spectra of GGGs grown using the Czochralski method feature distinct narrow lines in the UV spectrum, attributable to the 4f-4f transitions in Gd3+. Clear changes were identified from the 6S 7/2 base state to the 6P, 6J, and 6D states within the Gd3+ cation. An unexpected absorption band was also detected at 350 nm, likely resulting from unintentional Ca contamination. After ion exposure, the fundamental absorption edge shifted by approximately 30 nm towards the longer-wavelength section of the spectrum. Our hardness tests indicated a softening effect post-ion exposure, possibly linked to ion-triggered amorphization.

Amorphization , Gd3Ga5O12 (GGG) single crystal , Radiation damage , Swift heavy ion

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Faculty of Physics and Technical Sciences, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, 010008, Kazakhstan
Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, 8, Kengaraga, Riga, LV-1063, Latvia
Department of Physics and Methods of Teaching Physics, Berdyansk State Pedagogical University, Ukraine
Departmnt of the Semiconductor Electronics Lviv Polytechnic National University, 12, Bandery st., Lviv, 79046, Ukraine

Faculty of Physics and Technical Sciences
Institute of Solid State Physics
Department of Physics and Methods of Teaching Physics
Departmnt of the Semiconductor Electronics Lviv Polytechnic National University

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