K. Mukasa et al., LUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES OF SOL-GEL SYNTHESIZED SILICA GLASS INDUCED BY AN ARF EXCIMER-LASER, Journal of physics. D, Applied physics, 30(2), 1997, pp. 283-285
When sol-gel synthesized silica glass containing about 260 ppm of OH g
roups is irradiated with an ArF excimer laser, photoluminescence appea
rs at 1.9 eV (650 nm). From measurements of luminescence lifetime, the
absorption spectrum and electron-spin-resonance spectroscopy, the lum
inescence is thought to be due to a non-bridging oxygen hole centre, a
kind of point defect in silica glass.