Quenching of thermo-stimulated photo-ionization by energy transfer in CaAl4O7: Tb3+, Ce3+

D. Jia, W. Jia, X. J. Wang, W. M. Yen

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Abstract

Crystal fibers of Ce3+ and Tb3+ singly doped and co-doped CaAl4O7 were grown by the LHPG method. Photoluminescence, excitation spectra and photoconduction were measured. Thermo-stimulated photo-ionization (delocalization) of electrons from the lowest field component of the 5d excited state of Ce3+ was observed in the Ce3+ singly doped sample under excitation at 355 nm. The 5d sublevel was found to locate at 0.3eV below the conduction band of the host. However, the thermo-stimulated photo-ionization was greatly quenched due to the fast energy transfer from the 5d sublevel to Tb3+ ions in the Ce 3+/Tb3+ double doped sample.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-4
Number of pages4
JournalSolid State Communications
Volume129
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2004

Keywords

  • D. Energy transfer
  • D. Optical properties
  • D. Photoconductivity
  • E. Photoluminescence

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