Low-voltage low-temperature electroluminescence of CdF2-RE thin films

Different electroluminescence spectrums of the blueλ _max =420 nm wide-banded low-temperature low-voltage radiation of CdF₂-RE films at different levels of excitation in the region of temperatures of 77–300K are investigated. The kinetic characteristics and temperature dependence of this radiation are explored. An effect of the resonance interaction of the centers of luminescence of the wide-band and line radiation of the RE-centers is found. A model of the center of the wide-band radiation is suggested. It is shown that the “blue” radiation is caused by recombination of the carriers. Institute of Physics of Semiconductors of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Nauka Ave., 45, 252028, Kiev. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 66, No. 1, pp. 127–132, January–February, 1999.     

Analysis of the Crystallogeometry of Tetragonal Martensite in Indium‒Cadmium Alloys by the Method of Electron Back-Scattering Diffraction

Doklady Physics - Electron back-scattering diffraction shows that a package structure consisting of colonies of tetragonal lamella plates is formed when cooled below the temperature of the...     

The Spectral and Magnetic Properties of Er3+ and Yb3+ Ions in Y2Ti2O7 Crystals with a Pyrochlore Structure

Physics of the Solid State - Cubic Y2Ti2O7 single crystals doped with Er3+ or Yb3+ ions have been studied by the methods of electron spin resonance (ESR) and selective laser spectroscopy. ESR...     

Determination of the Efficient Number of Interferefnce Sources in the Problem of Adaptive Estimation of Temporal Waveforms of Narrow-Band Signals Using Antenna Arrays

Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics - We consider the problem of estimating temporal waveforms of the signals, which are generated by a spatially distributed set of sources, by using antenna...     

Convenient preparative synthesis of pentacyclo[5.3.0.02,5.03,9.04,8]decane (<Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis><Subscript>2</Subscript>-Bishomocubane)

By reaction of pentacyclo[5.3.0.0^2,5.0^3,9.0^4,8]decane-6,10-dione 6-ethyleneketal with lithium aluminum hydride the corresponding hydroxyketal was obtained whose hydroxy group was replaced by chlorine at boiling in CCl₄ in the presence of a 15% molar excess of triphenylphosphine. 6-Ethyleneketal of pentacyclo-[5.3.0.0^2,5.0^3,9.0^4,8]decan-6-one obtained by dechlorination of the chloroketal in a system lithium-t-BuOH in THF was hydrolyzed to ketone by heating in 10% sulfuric acid in the presence of THF. The obtained ketone was reduced along Wolf-Kishner reaction to pentacyclo[5.3.0.0^2,5.0^3,9.0^4,8]decane.     

The Hybrid Diabatization Method and Its Application to the CaH Quasi-Molecule

A procedure for diabatization of quantum-chemical data is proposed that allows one to surmount the problem of -shaped peaks of nonadiabatic matrix elements \( < j|\frac{\partial }{{\partial R}}|k > \) by passing to a hybrid diabatic representation of a system of coupled channel equations of nuclear dynamics with the use of model nonadiabatic matrix elements that approach initially specified matrix elements. Results of the application of this method within the framework of the Landau–Zener model are presented for the example of the CaH collision system.     

A Variable Temperature X- and W-Band EPR Study of Fe-Doped SiCN Ceramics Annealed at 1000, 1100, and 1285 °C: Dangling Bonds,Ferromagnetism and Superparamagnetism

Polymer-derived SiCN ceramics, annealed (also referred to as pyrolyzed) at 1000, 1100, and 1285 °C, and doped with Fe(III) acetylacetonate, are investigated by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) from 4 to 120 K at X-band (9.425 GHz). In addition, the SiCN ceramic, annealed at 1100 °C, was studied by EPR at 300 K at W-band (93.96 GHz). There was observed a significant increase in EPR linewidth due to dangling bonds (g = 2.001) below 20 K at X-band. The low-field X-band FMR line (g ≈ 12) indicated the presence of ferromagnetic Fe₅Si₃ crystallites. There were found two EPR lines due to carbon-related dangling bonds: (1) those present as defects on the surface of the free-carbon phase (as sp² carbon-related dangling bonds with g = 2.0011) and (2) those present within the bulk of carbon phase (as sp³ carbon-related dangling bonds with g = 2.0033). On the other hand, the intense low-field EPR signal observed at X-band was not observed at W-band. As well, there was observed splitting of the single broad EPR signal observed at g = 2.05 at X-band into two signals at W-band at g = 1.99 and g = 2.06, due to two different Fe-containing superparamagnetic nanocrystallites. Two new EPR signals, not observed at X-band, were observed at W-band, namely at g = 2.28 and g = 3.00, which are also due to g_∥ of these superparamagnetic nanocrystallites.     

EPR study of clusters of rare-earth ions in mixed fluoride crystals

The EPR spectra of the (BaF₂)_{1 ? x} (CeF₃) _x system are studied for the concentrations x = 0, 0.001, 0.002, 0.005, 0.01, and 0.02. The appearance of new tetragonal centers is detected beginning from x = 0.002, the intensity of these centers being maximal at x = 0.01. The (CaF₂)_{1 ? x ? y} (CeF₃) _x (YF₃) _y double solutions with x = 0.001 and y from 0 to 0.02 are also studied. In addition to the ordinary tetragonal center, beginning from y = 0.001, a new tetragonal center appears with the same structure as in the previously studied mixed crystals based on BaF₂—namely, the Ce³⁺-□-R³⁺ chain elongated along the fourfold axis substitutes the Ca²⁺-Ca²⁺-Ca²⁺ and Ba²⁺-Ba²⁺-Ba²⁺ chains in regular CaF₂ and BaF₂ crystals (□ is the cation vacancy, and R³⁺ is the Ce³⁺, La³⁺, or Y³⁺ trivalent ion).     

Broadening of paramagnetic resonance lines by charged point defects in neodymium-doped scheelites

We study paramagnetic resonance linewidth in a series of CaWO₄ and CaMoO₄ crystals with different concentrations of neodymium ions (0.0031–0.81 at %). Experimental data are interpreted in the framework of the statistical theory of line broadening by charged point defects. In our calculations, three different contributions are singled out: arising from the local electric fields, electric field gradients and magnetic fields of the nearby point defects. The interaction parameters are determined from the spectroscopic data available for Nd:CaWO₄ crystal. Direct calculations of the linewidth are performed for different crystal orientations with respect to external magnetic field. We conclude that major contribution to the broadening comes from the interactions with random electric fields produced by neodymium and charge compensator ions.     

On the effect of conductivity of a shock-compressed gas on interferometric recording of parameters of motion of a liner

We report on the results of a study of the acceleration dynamics of an aluminum liner to a velocity of 5.5 km/s using continuous recording of velocity (velocity interferometer system for any reflector (VISAR) and Fabry-Perot interferometer) and motion trajectory (radiointerferometer and resistive transducer) in air and in a helium atmosphere. It is found that for liner velocities exceeding 4.0 and 5.0 km/s, the displacement of the shock wave front is recorded by the radiointerferometer in air and helium, respectively. At these velocities, the conductivities of air and helium behind the shock wave front are estimated.