Published November 1998 | Version v1
Journal article

Luminescence behavior of pulsed laser deposited Eu:Y2O3 thin film phosphors on sapphire substrates

  • 1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (United States)

Description

Europium-doped yttrium oxide (Eu:Y2O3) luminescent thin films have been grown in situ on single crystal (0001) sapphire substrates using a pulsed laser deposition technique. The films grown under different deposition conditions have been characterized using microstructural and luminescent measurements. The photoluminescence (PL) and cathodoluminescence (CL) brightness data obtained from the Eu:Y2O3 films grown under optimized conditions have indicated that sapphire is a promising substrate for the growth of high quality Eu:Y2O3 thin film red phosphor. The success in the fabrication of Eu:Y2O3 films with high PL and CL brightness is attributed to favorable optical properties (low absorption of and low refractive index for red light) of the substrate material and improved growth of grains with unidirectional orientation on (0001) sapphire substrates. copyright 1998 American Institute of Physics

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
73
Journal Issue
21
Journal Page Range
p. 3058-3060
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB