Raman spectroscopy
is a powerful technique for a wide range of
materials, including porcelain, and near-infrared excitation is often
used to suppress a fluorescence background from a sample. When we
measured the Raman spectra of porcelains at 785 nm excitation, we
observed a strong broad band in a high-frequency region, and its origin
was not clearly elucidated. In this study, we have measured the spectra
of glazed porcelains at 532, 785, and 1064 nm excitation and demonstrated
that the broad feature originates from luminescence around 880 nm
and not from Raman scattering. We provide experimental evidence showing
that the band originates from a thin layer of glaze. Since the band
shape depends on the processing temperature, the luminescence spectra
can be a nondestructive probe for studying the glass formation of
a glaze.
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