Guo Changxin. HIGH PRESSURE SPECTRA OF Na<sub>5</sub>Tb(WO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>4</sub> CRYSTAL[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 1995,16(3): 238-243DOI:
crystal under hydrostatic high pressure 0-4GPa have been studied.The crystal of Na
5
Tb(WO
4
)
4
is a stoichiometric host luminescent crystal
its light emission comes from Tb
3+
ions having high concentration (weight concentration 12.6%).The high pressure spectra of Na
5
Tb(WO
4
)
4
atroom temperature have been investegated by using a high pressure microspectroscopic system in conjunction with a gasketed diamond anvil optical cell.For transitions
5
D
4
→
7
F
j
(
j
=0
1
2
3
4
5) of Tb
3+
the pressure shifts of 18 fluorescent lines have been determined.In which
all lines have red shift
except that one (
5
D
4
→
7
F
2
15509cm
-1
at 1 atpomosphere) has blue shif.The largest pressure red shift rate of these fluorescent lines is -19.5cm
-1
/GPa (
5
D
4
→
7
F
4
16876cm
-1
at 1 atmosphere)
in comparison with the results of Tb
3+
in other crystals.this is a very high pressure shift rate for trivalent rare earth ions.