Published December 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Photon cascade emission of Pr3+ ion in alkaline-earth fluorides

Creators

  • 1. Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Favorskii Street 1a, P.O. Box 4019, 664033 Irkutsk (Russian Federation)

Description

Absorption, emission, excitation spectra of CaF2, SrF2, BaF2 crystals doped by PrF3 in concentration ranging from 0.005% to few molar % were studied in 1.4-10 eV spectral region. Specific type of Pr centres possessing photon cascade emission (PCE active) was observed in all crystals. Concentration of centres monitored by excitation and emission spectra grows superlinearly with increasing of Pr concentration in SrF2 and BaF2 crystals. A new additional absorption band at 7.0 eV which coincided with excitation band of PCE-active centres was observed in CaF2-Pr crystals. The absorption coefficient of this band grows twice that coefficient of 5.7 eV band of single Pr centres.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2009.04.071

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jlumin.2009.04.071;
PII
S0022-2313(09)00253-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Luminescence
Journal Volume
129
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 1581-1585
ISSN
0022-2313
CODEN
JLUMA8

Conference

Title
15. international conference on luminescence and optical spectroscopy of condensed matter
Acronym
ICL'08
Dates
7-11 Jul 2008
Place
Lyon (France)

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