High-pressure Cr3+ luminescence and Raman spectroscopy of a natural MgAl2O4 spinel to ∼60 GPa

Pease, Allison; Sneed, Daniel; Vennari, Cara; O'Bannon III, Earl F.

doi:10.1016/j.jlumin.2025.121634

High-pressure Cr³⁺ luminescence and Raman spectroscopy of a natural MgAl₂O₄ spinel to ∼60 GPa

Journal Article · Tue Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2025 · Journal of Luminescence

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2025.121634· OSTI ID:3013300

^[1]; Sneed, Daniel ^[2]; Vennari, Cara ^[2]; O'Bannon III, Earl F. ^[2]

Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Cr³⁺ luminescence and Raman spectroscopy of a natural spinel were collected up to ∼60 GPa at ambient temperature using a Ne or a 4:1 methanol-ethanol mixture as the pressure transmitting media. Here, in the Ne experiments above ∼40 GPa, and in the 4:1 methanol–ethanol experiments above ∼20 GPa, all luminescence emission lines shift non-linearly, and by 59 GPa the spectra are broadened and are significantly changed. The Raman modes shift smoothly to higher frequencies with pressure, with a slight change in slope above 40 GPa, with no kinks or discontinuities. By ∼60 GPa, only the most intense Eg mode remains resolvable, appearing broadened and reduced in intensity. The change in slope in the Raman modes and luminescence bands may be due to a change in the compression mechanism of spinel. When spinel was decompressed from 40 GPa all changes were fully reversible; however, when the samples were decompressed from 54 to 60 GPa in Ne and 59 GPa in 4:1 methanol-ethanol the spectra were irreversibly changed. The change in the luminescence spectra and the Raman spectra are likely due to a pressure induced disorder of the anions or partial amorphization between 40 and 60 GPa.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; NA0003975

OSTI ID:: 3013300

Report Number(s):: LLNL--JRNL-2014862

Journal Information:: Journal of Luminescence, Journal Name: Journal of Luminescence Vol. 289; ISSN 0022-2313

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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