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Abstract
Absorption, emission and excitation spectra of 50 MeV electron beam irradiated and asgrown YAG single crystals were studied and compared in the 10-300 K temperature range using timeresolved luminescence spectroscopy under UV/VUV/XUV excitation by synchrotron radiation and cathodoluminescence. The emission spectra consist of intrinsic (excitonic) and defect related nonelementary bands in the VIS/UV range. It is shown that fast electrons create stable F and F + color centers with characteristic emission and absorption bands in the visible/UV range. Induced absorption caused from these defects starts at 4.2 eV. Energy transfer from host to color centers is not efficient process.
