Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Presents a detailed study of ion-irradiation damage in silica and magnesium oxide (MgO) Includes a detailed study of the ionoluminescence technique Illustrated with over 100 color photos

Autorentext
Diana Bachiller Perea studied Physics in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) and obtained an Interuniversitary Master's Degree in Nuclear Physics in 2011. Her Thesis was carried out under joint supervision between the Center for Micro-Analysis of Materials (CMAM, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain) and the Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM, Université Paris-Sud, France). At present, she is working in the company Accelerators and Cryogenic Systems (ACS, Orsay, France) as a scientific expert in accelerators.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Part I Materials and Methods.- Studied Materials: a-SiO2 and MgO.- Ion-Solid Interactions and Ion Beam Modication of Materials.- Experimental Facilities.- Experimental Characterization Techniques.- Part II Ion Beam Induced Luminescence in Amorphous Silica.- General Features of the Ion Beam Induced Luminescence in Amorphous Silica.- Ionoluminescence in Silica: Role of the Silanol Group Content and the Ion Stopping Power.- Exciton Mechanisms and Modeling of the Ionoluminescence in Silica.- Part III Ion-Irradiation Damage in MgO.- MgO under Ion Irradiation at High Temperatures.- Ion Beam Induced Luminescence in MgO.- Conclusions and Prospects for the Future.