Effect of Tb{sup 3+} concentration on the optical and vibrational properties of YBO{sub 3} tri-doped with Eu{sup 3+}, Ce{sup 3+}, and Tb{sup 3+}

Journal Article · Wed May 14 04:00:00 EDT 2014 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4875914· OSTI ID:22275568

Sohal, S.; Hassanzadeh, E.; Huang, J. Y. ^[1]; Nazari, M.; Zhang, X.; Chaudhuri, J. ^[2]; Kuryatkov, V. V. ^[3]; Hope-Weeks, L. J. ^[4]

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1. Department of Physics, Texas Tech University and Nano Tech Center, Lubbock, Texas 79409 (United States)
2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409 (United States)
3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Nano Tech Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409 (United States)
4. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409 (United States)

Structural and optical studies are reported of yttrium orthoborate YBO{sub 3} when tri-doped with Eu{sup 3+}, Ce{sup 3+}, and Tb{sup 3+}, focusing on the role of terbium concentration. Incorporation of Tb{sup 3+} affects emission properties for photoluminescence (PL) excited by near ultraviolet light. For constant cerium and europium concentrations, increasing the Tb{sup 3+} results in diminished PL from the Ce{sup 3+} and Tb{sup 3+} color centers. Simultaneously, the PL excitation bands related to both Ce{sup 3+} and Tb{sup 3+} increase in intensity for red emission from the Eu{sup 3+}. Results are consistent with a Ce{sup 3+} → (Tb{sup 3+}){sub n} → Eu{sup 3+} energy transfer scheme, where (Tb{sup 3+}){sub n} denotes a chain incorporating n terbium ions. A high red to orange PL intensity ratio is obtained, ranging from 1.34 to 2.09. Raman vibrational bands show a systematic change, with Tb{sup 3+} concentration, in the B{sub 3}O{sub 9} ring terminal oxygen bending mode coordinated with the yttrium site where dopant ions substitute. The structural changes are interpreted as variations in the local neighborhood of these sites in the YBO{sub 3}:Ce{sup 3+},Tb{sup 3+},Eu{sup 3+} crystal structure.

• OSTI ID: 22275568
• Journal Information: Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 18 Vol. 115; ISSN JAPIAU; ISSN 0021-8979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
BORATES
CERIUM IONS
COLOR CENTERS
CONCENTRATION RATIO
DOPED MATERIALS
EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY
ENERGY TRANSFER
EUROPIUM IONS
EXCITATION
PHOTOLUMINESCENCE
RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
TERBIUM IONS
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
VIBRATIONAL STATES
YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS