Measurements of the magnetic circular dichroism of the optical absorption (
MCDA) on X-irradiated Ce-doped fluorozirconate glass showed an increased pa
ramagnetic band in the range from 300 nm to 700 nm and a new paramagnetic b
and peaking at 570 nm. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) detected in th
ese MCDA bands yielded two different defect centres having resonances at g
= 1.90 and g = 1.98, respectively. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All right
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