Low-pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition of photoluminescent Eu-doped Y sub 2 O sub 3 films
- Allied-Signal Inc., P. O. Box 1021R, Morristown, New Jersey 07962 (USA)
We have produced thin photoluminescent films of Eu-doped Y{sub 2}O{sub 3} (Y{sub 2}O{sub 3}:Eu) by low-pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). Yttrium and europium {beta}-diketonate precursors are thermally decomposed in a hot-walled MOCVD reactor in the presence of oxygen at a total reactor pressure of 1 Torr. The films are microcrystalline and photoluminescent as deposited and contain {lt}1 atomic percent of carbon contamination. Subsequent annealing at 1200 {degree}C in air enhances and stabilizes the luminescence. We have measured the photoluminescent lifetimes of the MOCVD films as a function of temperature for the Eu{sup +3} {sup 5}D{sub 1}{r arrow}{sup 7}F{sub 1} and {sup 5}D{sub 0}{r arrow}{sup 7}F{sub 2} transitions using excimer laser excitation at 248 nm. We present a kinetic model which can account for the observed emission lifetimes from 20--1000 {degree}C.
- OSTI ID:
- 6534541
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Materials Research; (USA), Journal Name: Journal of Materials Research; (USA) Vol. 5:7; ISSN JMREE; ISSN 0884-2914
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Cermets
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ALLOYS
ANNEALING
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL COATING
CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION
DEPOSITION
DOPED MATERIALS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EUROPIUM ADDITIONS
EUROPIUM ALLOYS
FILMS
HEAT TREATMENTS
LASER RADIATION
LIFETIME
LUMINESCENCE
MATERIALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOTOLUMINESCENCE
RADIATIONS
RARE EARTH ADDITIONS
RARE EARTH ALLOYS
SURFACE COATING
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
THIN FILMS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS
YTTRIUM OXIDES