Investigation of host-to-activator energy transfer and surface losses in SrY2O4:Eu3+ under VUV excitation

Document Type

Article

Department or Administrative Unit

Chemistry

Publication Date

9-2008

Abstract

We have completed a study of the optical properties of SrY2O4:Eu3+ under vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) excitation. Reflectance measurements on the undoped material yield a calculated band gap of about 6.1 eV. Studies on the doped material indicate that Eu3+ occupies the Y(1) and Y(2) sites in this host. Host-to-activator energy transfer calculations indicate a preference for transfer to Eu3+ at the Y(2) site. Modeling of the transfer efficiency data leads us to estimate that about 35% of absorbed radiation is lost to the surface under excitation near the band edge.

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This article was originally published in Journal of Luminescence. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.

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Journal of Luminescence

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Copyright © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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