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The photoluminescence spectra of sulfur-doped silica glass upon excitation into the absorption band at 203 nm and a temperature of 10 K are investigated. It is revealed that the photoluminescence band with a maximum at about 420 nm and the photoluminescence excitation band have a resolved vibrational structure. A model is proposed according to which the bands of absorption at 203 nm and luminescence at 420 nm are assigned to SO2 interstitial molecules that are weakly bound to the glass network (the transitions X ~1 A 1 → C ~1 B 2 and a ~3 B 1 → X ~1 A 1, respectively).
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Gerasimova, V.I., Rybaltovskii, A.O., Chernov, P.V. et al. Color Centers in Sulfur-Doped Silica Glasses: Spectroscopic Manifestations of an SO2 Interstitial Molecule. Glass Physics and Chemistry 29, 232–236 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024425830258
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