Abstract
KNOWLEDGE of radiation damage processes in diamond has increased substantially in the past few years. I present here a concise summary of these data, and suggest that the 25,410 cm−1 (ND1) absorption band occurs at a negatively charged vacancy. It will be shown that with this interpretation, the optical effects of radiation damage fall into a self-consistent pattern.
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DAVIES, G. Charge states of the vacancy in diamond. Nature 269, 498–500 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/269498a0
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